The Trump administration’s indictment of former FBI director James B. Comey rests on testimony he gave to the Senate Judiciary Committee in September 2020. He faces one count of making a false statement to Congress and one of obstructing a congressional proceeding. The charges were brought by Lindsey Halligan, a lawyer and Trump ally recently installed as US attorney in Virginia after her predecessor refused to prosecute. Critics note the indictment is unusually thin on detail, the New York Times reported.

The disputed testimony

The core allegation is that Comey falsely denied ever authorizing FBI officials to act as anonymous sources in news reports about agency investigations. But the wording is murky. The quotation attributed to Comey in the indictment was actually spoken by Senator T

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