Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted on criminal charges of false statements and obstruction, in an escalation of Donald Trump’s campaign against people who have investigated or criticised him.
The indictment makes Comey the first former senior government official to face prosecution in connection with the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison.
Trump and his supporters have long derided the Russian investigation as a “hoax” and a “witch hunt” despite multiple government reviews showing Moscow interfered to advantage the Republican’s campaign.
Trump, who fired Comey early into his first presidency in 2017, has regularly criticised the former FBI chief over his handling of the investigation.
After he was fired, Comey called Trump “morally unfit” for office.
Since Trump returned to office in January, his Justice Department has been examining Comey’s 2020 testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, in which he addressed criticisms of the Russia investigation and denied that he had authorised disclosures of sensitive information to the media.
The indictment came after Trump appeared to urge his Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute the former FBI director and other perceived political enemies, writing on social media: “JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW.”
“No one is above the law,” Bondi said in a post on X shortly after the news broke.
Without specifically mentioning Comey, she added: “Today’s indictment reflects this Department of Justice’s commitment to holding those who abuse positions of power accountable for misleading the American people. We will follow the facts in this case.”
The case against Comey, who served as FBI director from 2013 until 2017, marked the starkest example of the Trump administration using its law enforcement power against a prominent critic after the president promised retribution during his successful 2024 election campaign.
Comey’s firing led to the appointment of another former FBI chief, Robert Mueller, being appointed as a special counsel to take charge of the Russia probe, which unearthed numerous contacts between the campaign and Russian officials but concluded that there was not enough evidence to establish a criminal conspiracy.
Trump repeatedly attacked the investigation as a “witch hunt,” and his second administration has sought to undermine conclusions by US intelligence and law enforcement agencies about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
A Justice Department internal watchdog found evidence of numerous errors but no political bias concerning the FBI’s opening of the investigation.
Republicans have long claimed that the investigation was intended to undermine Trump’s first administration.
The Justice Department’s internal watchdog in a 2019 report faulted Comey for asking a friend to give memos detailing Comey’s one-on-one interactions with Trump to the New York Times.
The Justice Department during Trump’s first term declined to pursue criminal charges against Comey.
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