WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said he hopes “there are others” who get charged following former FBI Director James Comey’s indictment by a federal grand jury on Sept. 25.

“It’s not a list, but I think there'll be others," Trump told reporters when asked who’s the next person on his “retribution” list following Comey.

"I mean, they're corrupt," Trump added. "These were corrupt radical left Democrats, but Comey, essentially was, he was worse than a Democrat. I would say the Democrats are better than Comey. But no, there'll be others.”

Trump also argued that the Justice Department under former President Joe Biden was “weaponized” against him. “What they’ve done is terrible,” he said. "I hope there are others, because you can't let this happen to a country.”

Trump’s remarks come after a federal grand jury indicted Comey on charges of lying to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding.

Prosecutors allege that Comey falsely said during 2020 testimony before U.S. lawmakers that he hadn't “authorized someone else at the FBI to be an anonymous source in news reports" regarding an FBI investigation into Trump’s 2016 campaign contacts with Russia.

Comey, 64, is scheduled to be arraigned in Alexandria, Virginia, on Oct. 9. In a video clip shared on Instagram, he said he’s innocent and has “great confidence in the federal judicial system.”

“My family and I have known for years that there are costs to standing up to Donald Trump, but we couldn't imagine ourselves living any other way,” Comey said in the clip. “We will not live on our knees, and you shouldn't either.”

Trump has urged charges against others, such as Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James and Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California. James secured a $454 million judgment against Trump before it was overturned on appeal. Schiff led the first House impeachment against Trump over his dealings with Ukraine.

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