Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted by a federal grand jury and is scheduled for arraignment on October 9 in Virginia. The indictment stems from an investigation into his 2020 testimony before Congress regarding the FBI\u2019s \u201cCrossfire Hurricane\u201d Trump-Russia probe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A central allegation is that Comey falsely testified he never authorized FBI personnel to serve as anonymous sources for media reports. Prosecutors assert this statement was untrue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In response, Comey declared his innocence in an Instagram video. He stated that while standing up to Donald Trump has personal costs, he is not afraid and is confident in the judicial system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Former President Trump celebrated the indictment on Truth Social, labeling Comey a \u201cdirty cop\u201d and accusing him of lying. He expressed doubt that Comey could explain his way out of the charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Attorney General Pam Bondi stated the indictment demonstrates the Justice Department\u2019s commitment to the principle that \u201cno one is above the law.\u201d She emphasized holding those who abuse power accountable for misleading the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FBI Director Kash Patel also commented, framing the action as a step toward accountability for what he described as the \u201cpoliticization of law enforcement\u201d during the \u201cRussiagate hoax.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This development marks a significant moment for Comey, who led the FBI during the politically charged investigations into Hillary Clinton\u2019s emails and possible Trump-Russia connections. He was later fired by Trump in 2017 and has since become one of the former president\u2019s most prominent critics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted by a federal grand jury and is scheduled for arraignment on October 9 in Virginia. The indictment stems from an investigation into his 2020 testimony before Congress regarding the FBI\u2019s \u201cCrossfire Hurricane\u201d Trump-Russia probe. A central allegation is that Comey falsely testified he never authorized FBI personnel…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3933,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3931\/revisions\/3933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}