Former FBI Director James Comey was officially indicted Thursday evening by a grand jury on two counts.

Comey was nominated to lead the investigative bureau by former President Barack Obama and was dismissed by President Donald Trump in 2017 during his first term.

He has long tangled with Trump, particularly over his investigation into Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and a separate investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email use.

Trump described the investigation into his campaign as a “hoax” and “witch hunt.”

A recent Department of Justice investigation was centered on whether Comey made false statements to Congress in his September 2020 testimony about Russia’s involvement with Trump.

The statute of limitations for Comey’s alleged crimes expires n

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