Overview

• Comey is charged with making a false statement and obstructing a congressional investigation connected to his fall 2020 testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
• According to court filings, the alleged lie involves his claim that he never authorized FBI personnel to act as anonymous sources about an FBI inquiry.
• Days before the indictment, President Trump publicly pressed the Justice Department to pursue Comey and later celebrated the filing on Truth Social.
• Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel defended the case, saying it proves that no one is above the law.
• Comey denied wrongdoing in a video message, as media reports also describe the replacement of prosecutor Erik Siebert by a Trump-aligned appointee who advanced the case; a conviction could carry up to five years in prison.