Overview

• Comey is charged with making false statements and obstructing a congressional proceeding connected to his testimony related to the 2016 Russia investigation.
• Attorney General Pam Bondi said “Nobody is above the law” and framed the indictment as holding officials who misled the public accountable.
• The case marks the first federal charges against a senior official tied to disputes over the 2016 election inquiry.
• ABC News first reported that prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia wrote a memo expressing reservations about moving forward.
• Lindsey Halligan, a former personal lawyer to President Trump now overseeing the Virginia office, was seen at DOJ and, according to sources, joined charging discussions as Trump and allies publicly pressed for prosecutions.