Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted Thursday, days after President Donald Trump said the attorney general should prosecute his political enemies.

A senior Justice Department official told NBC News it was a "two-count indictment." The charges are "false statement and obstruction,” the official said.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement posted on social media Thursday that did not name Comey, that the 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 charges likely stem from testimony Comey gave on Sept. 30, 2020, during a Senate Judiciary Committe

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