Overview

• Returned on Thursday in Virginia, the indictment carries a potential sentence of up to five years if Comey is convicted.
• The charges center on Comey’s 2020 Senate Judiciary testimony denying he authorized leaks, with Andrew McCabe’s account cited in coverage.
• Comey released a video declaring he is innocent and saying he has confidence in the federal court system.
• Attorney General Pam Bondi posted that “No one is above the law,” framing the case as holding officials to account.
• Lindsey Halligan, who previously worked on Trump’s legal team, is leading the prosecution as Trump celebrated the indictment and some former officials questioned the strength of the publicly known evidence.