On Thursday evening, former FBI Director James Comey was indicted on two counts by a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia – false statements and obstruction.
Details about Comey’s criminal indictment are still not immediately clear; however, we know that the former FBI Director was charged with lying to Congress during a hearing on September 30, 2020.
“On or about September 30, 2020, in the Eastern District of Virginia, the defendant, JAMES B. COMEY JR., did willfully and knowingly make a materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statement in a matter within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch of the Government of the United States, by falsely stating to a U.S. Senator during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that he, JAMES B. COMEY JR., had not “authorized someone else at the FBI to be an anonymous source in news reports” regarding an FBI investigation concerning PERSON 1,” the indictment read.
“That statement was false, because, as JAMES B. COMEY JR. then and there knew, he in fact had authorized PERSON 3 to serve as an anonymous source in news reports regarding an FBI investigation concerning PERSON 1,” the indictment read.
According to ABC News, “PERSON 1” mentioned in James Comey’s indictment is Hillary Clinton and “PERSON 3” is Comey’s secret media mole Daniel Richman.
“Sources tell ABC News that “PERSON 1” is Clinton and “PERSON 3″ is Richman,” ABC reporter Mike Levine said.
Newly declassified memos reveal James Comey’s secret media mole, Daniel Richman, leaked classified information to The New York Times’s Michael Schmidt to help push for a special counsel in May 2017.
In newly declassified memos, it was revealed that Comey shared classified information with Daniel Richman.
ABC News is reporting that Daniel Richman was Comey’s personal lawyer, however, Comey didn’t disclose this information until way later.
Not once did Comey ever disclose Daniel Richman was one of his personal lawyers or an unpaid employee of the FBI until right before his testimony.
The Justice Department is still offering few details about their case against former FBI director James Comey, but @ABC News has learned that Count 1 of the indictment, charging Comey with making false statements, focuses on his alleged role in having his close friend and former…
— Mike Levine (@MLevineReports) September 26, 2025
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