Overview

• Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted Thursday evening on two federal counts, including making a false statement and obstruction of a congressional proceeding, according to NBC News as cited by Alternet.
• Asked who might be charged next, President Donald Trump said there would be others and specified they would be Democrats.
• In a social media post early Friday, Trump referred to Comey as a "Dirty Cop" and said a very big price must be paid.
• Alternet reports the indictment followed Trump's recent public call for his attorney general to take action against Comey.
• Alternet characterizes the prosecutor who secured the grand jury indictment as the president's hand-picked former personal attorney.