A federal grand jury indicted former FBI Director James Comey Sept. 25 on charges of lying to Congress and obstruction, allegations leveled after a years-long tumultuous relationship with President Donald Trump , who fired Comey for investigating his 2016 campaign's contacts with Russia.

The indictment relates to testimony by Comey on Sept. 30, 2020. Prosecutors claim Comey falsely said that day that he hadn't “authorized someone else at the FBI to be an anonymous source in news reports" regarding an FBI investigation.

"My heart is broken for the Department of Justice, but I have great confidence in the federal judicial system," Comey said in a video on Instagram . "I'm innocent, so let's have a trial and keep the faith my family and I have known for years."

Trump celebrated the

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