GOP Sen Johnson says Comey's involvement in leaking intel about Russiagate is 'grotesque corruption'

GOP Sen. Ron Johnson says James Comey involvement as FBI director in perpetuating the now-debunked Russiagate story to harm President Trump is "grotesque corruption."

Johnson said it's likely too late to rely on criminal investigations, and he hopes that Attorney General Pam Bondi ramps the investigation up to a conspiracy where a trial can be had in a venue like Florida. 

"I can't think of a better venue, day by day, week by week, where we lay out the timeline of the grotesque corruption of these partisans within the Department of Justice [and] the FBI ... all on the side of the Democrats, all in opposition, sabotaging Trump's first administration, and if they can, they'll do it to a secondary administration," Johnson said on the "Just the News, No Noise" TV show. 

Johnson spoke after Just the News reported Tuesday that the FBI concluded numerous legacy news media stories that crafted the false Russia collusion narrative contained illegally leaked classified intelligence but failed to definitively identify the leakers.

According to the report, Comey used a special conduit to the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times in his bid to polish his image and push for a special prosecutor to take down Trump.

Johnson, of Wisconsin, also criticized mainstream media outlets for not covering the story. 

"The legacy media won't cover this," he said Wednesday night. "They'll ignore it. They're complicit in it. I mean, take a look at Adam Schiff. He was censored in the House. I doubt that was barely covered in California. Now, he's been outed here, from the standpoint of leaking classified information."

He also said there needs to be more whistleblowers coming out to expose corruption. 

"I sure wish these whistleblowers would come forward when the statute of limitations has not run out," he said. "I think one of the reasons they probably are coming forward now [is] nobody really can be held accountable legally."