FILE PHOTO: Former FBI Director, James Comey appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee in the Hart Office Building on Thursday June 08, 2017 in Washington, DC.
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Former FBI Director James Comey, a longtime target of President Donald Trump’s ire, was indicted Thursday on criminal charges of false statement and obstruction.
The charges came days after Trump publicly complained to Attorney General Pam Bondi that “nothing is being done” about Comey and other of the president’s perceived enemies, who he claimed were “all guilty as hell.”
A senior Justice Department official told NBC News that Comey was charged in a two-count indictment.
Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared to reference Comey’s indictment, without mentioning him by name, as news of the charges broke.
“No one is above the law,” Bondi wrote in a post on X.
“Today’s indictment reflects this Department of Justice’s commitment to holding those who abuse positions of power accountable for misleading the American people,” Bondi said. “We will follow the facts in this case.”
FBI Director Kash Patel, in his own post on X, wrote, “Today, your FBI took another step in its promise of full accountability.”
“For far too long, previous corrupt leadership and their enablers weaponized federal law enforcement, damaging once proud institutions and severely eroding public trust,” Patel wrote. “Every day, we continue the fight to earn that trust back, and under my leadership, this FBI will confront the problem head-on.”
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