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Overview
- A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia returned two counts linked to Comey’s 2020 Senate testimony after declining a third charge.
- Prosecutor Lindsey Halligan, a former Trump lawyer and recent White House adviser, is leading the case for the Eastern District of Virginia.
- Career prosecutors in the office questioned the strength of the evidence, and U.S. attorney Erik Siebert resigned before the indictment.
- Comey declared his innocence in a video message and is due back in court on Oct. 9, facing a potential sentence of up to five years if convicted.
- President Trump praised the indictment and said others could be prosecuted, while the ACLU condemned the action as a grotesque abuse of power.