Overview

• Prosecutors say the case centers on Comey’s Sept. 30, 2020 Senate testimony, alleging he falsely denied authorizing an FBI official to act as an anonymous media source.
• Comey faces two counts under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1001 and 1505, with arraignment set for Oct. 9 before Judge Michael S. Nachmanoff in the Eastern District of Virginia.
• The indictment was filed just before a five-year statute-of-limitations deadline tied to the 2020 testimony.
• Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan, a former White House aide and Trump attorney with no prior prosecutorial experience, signed the charges after Erik Siebert resigned.
• A separate proposed false-statements count was rejected by the grand jury, Comey has denied wrongdoing and posted a video saying “Let’s have a trial,” and the filing triggered immediate fallout including the resignation of his son-in-law from the U.S. attorney’s office.