Former FBI Director James Comey is expected to be indicted on criminal charges in the coming days in federal court in Virginia, MSNBC reported Wednesday.

Comey for years has been a target of President Donald Trump , who fired him as FBI director early in his first term in the White House.

News of the potential indictment comes days after the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia resigned under pressure from Trump after opposing the filing of charges against Comey in that district.

The prosecutor, Erik Siebert, was replaced as interim U.S. Attorney on Monday by Lindsey Halligan, who has represented Trump in legal cases in the past.

Trump in a social media post Saturday, called Comey "guilty as hell" as he raged about the lack of charges against the former FBI lea

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