Overview

• Multiple outlets, including Reuters and CNN, report an FBI Washington Field Office agent was relieved or disciplined after declining to arrange a public escort of James Comey following his indictment.
• FBI Director Kash Patel attacked MSNBC’s reporting in an expletive-laden post on X and warned agents to follow orders, while not directly denying the personnel action.
• CBS reported FBI leaders discussed a showy arrest using “large, beefy” agents in full kit, and that some supervisors refused to cooperate with assembling such a team.
• Court records show Comey received a summons rather than an arrest warrant, and he is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in Alexandria, Virginia.
• Legal analysts question the indictment’s strength and process following leadership changes in the Eastern District of Virginia, as CNN sources say senior DOJ officials had concerns and Halligan’s camp disputes any intent to create a spectacle.