James Comey is publicly reckoning with his decision to reveal the FBI “re-opening” the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s missing emails days before the election — but one key figure in that episode has largely escaped blame.

Comey, who was then FBI director, notified Congress on Oct. 28, 2016, that investigators were examining new emails discovered as part of an ongoing probe of Clinton’s private emails — and one congressman leaked the news.

Then-Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) forced Comey to comment on the new investigation — which ultimately turned up no evidence of wrongdoing — and inaccurately framed the news by tweeting about a letter the FBI director sent to lawmakers.

“FBI Dir just informed me, ‘The FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation.’ Case reopened,” Chaffetz tweeted.

Minutes later, House Speaker Paul Ryan repeated Chaffetz’s false claim that the case — which had never been closed — had been reopened, and other GOP lawmakers did the same thing on their own Twitter accounts.

Donald Trump crowed about the development at a campaign rally in New Hampshire, and a number of news organizations used the same framing in headlines about the newly discovered emails.