"Driving the news: Comey was indicted Thursday in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, on charges of making false statements to Congress and obstructing an investigation. The charges relate to Comey testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2020 that he did not authorize an FBI official to be an anonymous source, the Justice Department said. Comey, whom Trump fired as FBI director in 2017, has said he is "innocent" and has "known for years that there are costs to standing up to Donald Trump.""
""Many are ... going through mortgages, tax returns, etc.," one senior House Democrat, speaking on the condition of anonymity to share details of private conversations between members, told Axios. "I've explored liability insurance," another House Democrat said. "And so have other members [in case] they come after us legally," Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) told Axios he thinks some members "are going to be, absolutely, targets for this retribution purge.""
Several House Democrats are reviewing mortgages, tax returns and liability insurance amid concerns about potential legal attacks. Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted in Alexandria, Virginia, on charges of making false statements to Congress and obstructing an investigation stemming from his 2020 Senate Judiciary Committee testimony about an anonymous FBI source. Comey says he is innocent and has long known there are costs to opposing Donald Trump. Members of Congress voiced fears of politically motivated prosecutions, warning that prominent critics could become targets. Trump publicly pressed Justice Department officials to prosecute Comey and others and replaced a U.S. attorney whose successor brought the indictment.
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