Overview

• Reuters and MSNBC reported that an FBI agent in the Washington Field Office was removed after declining to arrange a public arrest of James Comey.
• CBS News reported that FBI leadership discussed a showy arrest with visibly equipped, "large, beefy" agents to stage a perp walk.
• Only a court summons has been issued in Comey’s case, so any arrest display would be an operational choice rather than a legal requirement.
• Comey has denied wrongdoing and is scheduled to appear in federal court in Alexandria on Oct. 9, with reporting indicating he plans to surrender voluntarily.
• The indictment was advanced after leadership changes in the Eastern District of Virginia, while FBI Director Kash Patel publicly defended the prosecution as legitimate.