Former FBI Director James Comey, said he was innocent and that he had faith in the U.S. judicial system, after his indictment on Thursday (25 September) on criminal charges of false statements and obstruction.
"My heart is broken for the Department of Justice, but I have great confidence in the federal judicial system, and I am innocent, so let's have a trial and keep the faith," Comey said in a video message posted to Instagram. Comey is expected to surrender Friday morning, a CNN reporter said on X.
The indictment is seen an escalation of President Donald Trump's campaign to seek retribution against people who have investigated or criticised him.
Trump fired Comey in 2017, early in the Republican president's first term in office. He has since regularly assailed Comey's handling of the FBI investigation that detailed contacts between Russians and Trump's 2016 campaign.
Since Trump returned to office in January, his Justice Department has been examining Comey's 2020 testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee when he addressed Republican criticisms of the Russia investigation and denied that he had authorised disclosures of sensitive information to the news media.
The case against Comey, who served as FBI director from 2013 until 2017, marked the starkest example of the Trump administration using its law enforcement power against a prominent critic after the president promised retribution during his successful 2024 election campaign.
The grand jury's indictment came after the president mentioned Comey by name in a social media post chiding Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi for not moving quickly enough to bring criminal charges against his most prominent antagonists, writing "JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW."
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Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief: here are the top news stories for the 26th of August, covering the latest developments you need to know.
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AnewZ has learned that India has once again blocked Azerbaijan’s application for full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, while Pakistan’s recent decision to consider diplomatic relations with Armenia has been coordinated with Baku as part of Azerbaijan’s peace agenda.
A day of mourning has been declared in Portugal to pay respect to victims who lost their lives in the Lisbon Funicular crash which happened on Wednesday evening.
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Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
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Poland’s Andrzej Bargiel has become the first person to ski down Mount Everest without using supplemental oxygen, completing the hazardous descent after a gruelling 16-hour climb in the “death zone.”
U.S. President Donald Trump insisted that South Korea would provide billions of dollars in investments "upfront", despite Seoul's contention that it would be plunged into a financial crisis if it met the U.S. demands without safeguards.
Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief: here are the top news stories for the 26th of August, covering the latest developments you need to know.
Azerbaijan chaired an informal ministerial meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) at the UN on Thursday, where members agreed to create two new advisory bodies.
The United Nations Security Council will vote on Friday on a resolution proposed by Russia and China to delay the reimposition of sanctions on Iran for six months, but diplomats said it was unlikely to pass.
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