Former FBI director James Comey ‘anticipated to be indicted for mendacity to congress’

Former FBI Director James Comey is anticipating to be indicted for mendacity to Congress, in accordance with a number of studies.

Comey has been a staunch critic of Donald Trump‘s administration because the president fired him in 2017.

Sources inform MSNBC that he can be indicted within the ‘coming days’ – although the extent of the costs are unclear. 

The Justice Department and FBI didn’t instantly reply to the Daily Mail’s request for remark. 

Trump appointed Lindsey Halligan as performing US lawyer for the Eastern District of Virginia earlier this month and he or she is already making ready for 2 excessive profile indictments. 

Her jurisdiction is identical district the place Comey’s fellow Trump rival and New York Attorney General Letitia James is being investigated for a 2023 residence buy in Virginia. 

Halligan, 36, served because the White House senior affiliate workers secretary earlier than taking over her new position. 

Meanwhile, Trump and his administration has been laying the groundwork to go after Comey and different political enemies ever since coming again into workplace for a second time period. 

Former FBI Director James Comey is reportedly ‘set to be indicted’ for mendacity to Congress

Acting US lawyer for the Eastern District of Virginia Lindsey Halligan (pictured) was appointed earlier this month 

The Eastern District of Virginia has been nearing an indictment just lately for at the least one rely associated to claims Comey lied in 2020 testimony earlier than the Senate Judiciary Committee on whether or not he approved a leak that led to the origins of the Russia collusion investigation. 

The case stems from a 2017 incident the place Comey, who was FBI director on the time, shared seven memos documenting non-public conversations he had with Trump.

Comey then gave these to his good friend, Columbia Law professor Daniel Richman, who leaked particulars to the New York Times. This report led to Robert Mueller being appointed particular counsel to probe whether or not Trump colluded with Russia to intervene within the 2016 presidential election.

In September 2020, Comey was introduced earlier than Congress to debate Crossfire Hurricane – the codename for the Trump-Russia investigation.

He was pressed by Republicans about leaks on the FBI throughout his tenure, together with the memos.

Comey denied that he approved anybody to reveal the memos to the media, stating of his good friend: ‘I had no thought he was going to try this.’

While Comey has been investigated for mendacity to Congress previously, he has not been convicted. 

A 2019 DOJ Inspector General report discovered that he improper leaked, however declined prosecution as a result of Comey’s denial was ‘slim.’ 

Critics name the continued prosecution of Comey by Halligan politicized and have pointed to her ties to defending Trump in previous instances. 

Trump’s Attorney General Pam Bondi (pictured) has been laying the groundwork for a number of instances towards the president’s political enemies

But Comey has additionally instigated the president. 

On May 15, 2025, he posted a photograph on Instagram exhibiting seashells organized to kind the message, ‘8647.’ He captioned the picture with: ‘Cool shell formation on my seaside stroll.’

It was deleted simply hours later after Trump allies interpreted it as a code calling for the forty seventh president’s assassination. The service business slang to ’86’ one thing is to eliminate it. 

Comey insisted he was unaware of any political which means and mentioned he opposed violence. 

But DHS Secretary Kristi Noem introduced Secret Service launched an investigation and the previous FBI Director voluntarily sat for an hour interview with the president’s protecting element.