"(Ken Cedeno/Pool via AP, File) Critics of the Trump administration blew up social media after news broke that former FBI Director James Comey had been indicted by a grand jury. The indictment came after President Donald Trump unabashedly called on Attorney General Pam Bondi to get busy targeting his political enemies. Richard Painter, who served as chief White House ethics lawyer in the George W. Bush administration, called the indictment a clear example of the authoritarianism engulfing the United States."
"So James Comey is apparently being indicted for telling Congress he did not leak Classified information. Trump's Own DOJ literally declined to prosecute him in 2019 because they said the information was not classified. MAGA is cheering for an innocent man to be prosecuted just pic.twitter.com/i6kj4RoI6I Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) September 25, 2025 The Bulwark's Sarah Longwell interviewed Ben Wittes with Lawfare, who called the whole situation horseshit. So MAGA let me get this straight: Trump gets indicted and convicted and those cases are rigged James Comey gets indicted after Trump ordered it on Truth Social and now it's a perfectly fair case? You guys don't believe in anything. Hypocrites. Liars. Frauds. Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) September 25, 2025"
"I don't even like James Comey, but this is so wrong. Let's start indicting Supreme Court justices who blatantly lied to Congress Hoodlum (@NotHoodlum) September 25, 2025 MSNBC's Ken Dilanian wrote that DOJ sources called the indictment among the worst abuses in DOJ history. What I am hearing from DoJ sources: The Comey indictment is among the worst abuses in DOJ history. Shocking. It's hard to overstate how a big a moment this is. Ken Dilanian (@DilanianMSNBC) September 25, 2025 Journalist Max Burns wrote that in any other time in history, this would bring down the entire White House. The indictment of James Comey over the objections of the Interim US Attorney's *own staff* and at the direction of Presiden"
Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted by a grand jury after President Donald Trump publicly urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to target political opponents. Commentators and former officials labeled the indictment authoritarian and politically motivated. Critics noted the Department of Justice had declined to prosecute Comey in 2019 on the basis that the material was not classified. Social media users and journalists characterized the move as hypocrisy and a severe abuse of DOJ power. Some DOJ sources and commentators described the indictment as among the worst abuses in department history and a major political moment.
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