No good deed goes unpunished, and for FBI Director James Comey, it looks like he will be punished indeed for his horrible transgression.

Days after Comey sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding a review of Hillary Clinton's private email upon the discovery of emails on aide Huma Abedin's laptop, the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) may have opened an investigation into Comey's actions.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid suggested that Comey may have violated federal law by sending his letter to the Committee so close to the election.

"I am writing to inform you that my office has determined that these actions may violate the Hatch Act, which bars FBI officials from using their official authority to influence an election," Reid wrote in a letter to the FBI director. "Through your partisan actions, you may have broken the law."

Now, the OSC may be taking the bait, however, they're denying that anything is happening.

“It's OSC's longstanding policy not to confirm or deny the existence of an investigation,” OSC spokesman Nick Schwellenbach told The Hill. “In general, OSC opens a case after receiving a complaint."

Despite any involvement, the OSC received a complaint from former White House ethics lawyer, Richard Painter, who served under President George W. Bush.

This is a Democratic talking point driven by Reid and Painter to discredit and punish Comey because the finding's negatively impact Hillary Clinton's chances of winning the White House.

What did they want Comey to do? Cover up the ongoing investigation until after the election? Americans deserve to know if their president will be under investigation.

If Democrats were truly supportive of government transparency and not partisan politics, they would have called for James Comey to resign after his July announcement that Hillary Clinton would not be indicted for using a private email server while she was serving as Secretary of State.

Even the White House finds itself in a precarious position as they will not defend nor criticize Comey for his actions, and believe he's not trying to influence the election.

Why such a wishy-washy statement? And where is President Obama in all of this? How does he really feel about this?

Don't get confused. The Democrats are willing to do anything to win, even throw their own under the bus.