FBI Director James Comey indicted on criminal charges stemming from 2020 testimony

Carrie Johnson

September 25, 2025 / 4:09 pm

The Justice Department has leveled charges against former FBI Director James Comey, after President Trump demanded prosecutors speed up their pace in an investigation targeting one of his most prominent critics.

Comey faces one count of making false statements and one count of obstruction of justice in connection with his testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee nearly five years ago . The move comes days after the top federal prosecutor in Northern Virginia cast doubt on the evidence, only to be forced out by the president and replaced with one of Trump's former defense attorneys .

"No one is above the law.," Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a pos

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