Comey indicted for alleged false statement, obstruction of justice

Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted by a grand jury on alleged false declaration and obstruction of justice charges Fox News Digital has learned Fox News Digital exclusively revealed in July that Comey was under criminal assessment by the FBI The probe into Comey centered on whether he lied to Congress during his Sept testimony about his handling of the original Trump Russia probe at the FBI known inside the bureau as Crossfire Hurricane No one is above the law disclosed Attorney General Pam Bondi on X In current times s indictment reflects this Department of Justice s commitment to holding those who abuse positions of power accountable for misleading the American people We will follow the facts in this development Fox News Digital also exclusively announced that former CIA Director John Brennan is under criminal study related to the Trump Russia probe JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SEEKS TO INDICT FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY FOR ALLEGEDLY LYING TO CONGRESSUnder federal law prosecutors have five years to bring a charge with the five-year mark occurring Tuesday The affair is being handled by the U S Attorney s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller was appointed to take over the FBI s original Crossfire Hurricane review After nearly two years Mueller s review which concluded in March yielded no evidence of criminal conspiracy or coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian administrators during the presidential electoral process Shortly after John Durham was appointed as special counsel to investigate the origins of the Crossfire Hurricane probe Durham determined that the FBI failed to act on a clear warning sign that the bureau was the target of a Clinton-led effort to manipulate or influence the law enforcement process for political purposes ahead of the presidential electoral process The aforementioned facts reflect a rather startling and inexplicable failure to adequately consider and incorporate the Clinton Plan intelligence into the FBI s investigative decision-making in the Crossfire Hurricane inspection Durham s review states SPECIAL FBI LAUNCHES CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS OF JOHN BRENNAN JAMES COMEY DOJ SOURCES Indeed had the FBI opened the Crossfire Hurricane analysis as an assessment and in turn gathered and analyzed material in concert with the information from the Clinton Plan intelligence it is likely that the information received would have been examined at a minimum with a more critical eye the statement continued Durham in his statement disclosed the FBI failed to act on what should have been when combined with other incontrovertible facts a clear warning sign that the FBI might then be the target of an effort to manipulate or influence the law enforcement process for political purposes during the presidential ballot Fox News' David Spunt contributed to this assessment