Former FBI director James Comey has been indicted on criminal charges, a person familiar with the move has said.

On Thursday, local time, in Virginia, he was indicted on one count of making false statements and one count of obstruction of justice.

The grand jury's indictment came after US President Donald Trump mentioned Mr Comey by name in a social media post chiding Attorney-General Pam Bondi for not moving quickly enough to bring criminal charges against his most prominent antagonists, writing: "JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW."

Mr Trump fired Mr Comey in 2017, early in the Republican president's first term in office.

He has since regularly assailed Mr Comey's handling of the FBI investigation that detailed contacts between Russians and Trump's 2016 campaign.

Since he returned to offic

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