Overview

• The Eastern District of Virginia obtained a two-count indictment tied to Comey’s Sept. 30, 2020 Senate testimony about whether he authorized leaks to the media.
• Acting U.S. attorney Lindsey Halligan, a former Trump lawyer installed after Erik Siebert resigned, brought the case to a grand jury despite objections from career prosecutors who questioned probable cause.
• Prosecutors moved just before the five-year statute of limitations, and Attorney General Pam Bondi posted that “no one is above the law” without naming Comey.
• Comey is expected to plead not guilty at an Oct. 9 arraignment, and a conviction could carry a sentence of up to five years in prison.
• Court documents show the grand jury declined at least one additional proposed charge while approving counts of lying to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding.