Former FBI director James Comey indicted on two charges

A Federal Great Jury in Virginia pointed out former FBI Director James comey to the Congress on two charges of his statement.

Mr. Commek, who has been criticizing President Donald Trump for a long time, is accused of lying to Congress during his statement on whether he has allowed the media to infiltrate secret information in September 2020.

Responding to the indictment, Mr. Comey declared himself innocent and said that he had great confidence in the federal judicial system “.

The indictment comes days after Trump calls the Chief Public Prosecutor Pam Bondi, the best law enforcement officers in the country, to investigate his political enemies more aggressively, including Comey.

Probe has been ruled by Lindsey Halligan, the Eastern region of Virginia, a personal lawyer of Trump, who was previously directed by US lawyer Lindsey Halligan.

According to the BBC’s US partner CBS reports, Comey’s charges were officially read in front of a defendant in court – on October 9th at 10 o’clock in Alexandria, Virginia, Virginia.

US Chief Public Prosecutor Pam Bondi said in a statement that the indictment reflects the commitment of this Ministry of Justice to hold the American people responsible for the misleading the American people. “

Mr. Comey is accused of making a number of misrepresentation and another prevention of justice.

The Ministry of Justice asked the great jury to consider three charges against comey, but he could only admit that two were supported by sufficient proof for trial.

The third number was another accusation of making a false statement.

A large jury, a group of citizens established by a prosecutor to determine if there is enough evidence for the charges. Legally determines whether a crime is committed to believe that it is possible.

He was the first former FBI director accused of a crime and claimed that he did not lie under the oath.

If he was found guilty, he can be sentenced to up to five years in prison.

A lawyer Patrick Fitzgerald, a lawyer for Mr. Comey, remained for a short time: “Jim Comey completely rejected the charges filed today. We are looking forward to justifying him in the courtroom.”

“My family and I know that there are costs to keep up with Donald Trump for years.”

“We will not live on our knees and you shouldn’t do it,” he continued, “and I am innocent. So let’s be tried.”

The charges were opened shortly before the five -year restriction charter was held on Tuesday.

The original US lawyer Erik Seibert, who supervised the case, was expelled by the Trump administration and the case was recently delivered to a new prosecutor. Mrs. Halligan took it instead.

According to the charging documents, Mr. Comey said that “a US senator incorrectly” did not allow an anonymous resource to someone else in the FBI in his news reports “, intentionally and deliberately made a wrong, imaginary and fraudulent statement.

Prosecutors say that the statement is wrong, because Mr. Comey directed an anonymous person to serve as an anonymous resource in news about a FBI investigation into another FBI investigation.

Around 30 September 2020, Mr. Comey states that the “US Senate Judiciary Committee is trying to influence, to prevent, and to use the power of its investigation through” false and misleading statements “.

The case is considered to be the highest profile indictments of a public figure in the second period of Trump.

Trump recently expressed his disappointment that public critics such as Mr. Comey, Senator Adam Schiff and New York Chief Public Prosecutor Pheria James took so long.

“We can no longer postpone, killing our reputation and reliability. They impressed me twice and accused me of nothing (5 times!). Justice should be served, now !!!” Trump said last week about Social.

After the charges, Trump called Mr. Comey “one of the worst people that this country has been exposed to”.

He continued: “For our country, it has been very bad for a long time, and now at the beginning of being held responsible for the crimes against our nation. Make America again wonderful!”

The indictment was asked about Mr. Comey hours before breaking, Trump said to him, “A bad person,” but he said he had no advanced knowledge of his prosecution.

Laurie Levenson, a former Federal Prosecutor and Legal Professor at the University of Loyola Marymount, said that prosecution would be a very difficult case.

“This is usually you will have to look at the word of the accused against someone else’s word and both of the reliability of both.”

“And even if James come misunderstanding things, this does not mean that he is lying to Congress intentionally or deliberately. So prove that the case will be the heart.”

Levenson also said that the traditional firewall between the White House and the US Department of Justice for this prosecution and Trump’s public pressure for the progress of the public opinion.

A few democratic charges condemned, the democratic leader of the Assembly Hakeem Jeffries condemned them as a “a shameful attack on the rule of law” and promised to “accountability” for everyone who blames everyone in this malignant corruption “.

Between 2013-2017, Mr. Comey served as the Director of FBI.

Only weeks before the 2016 election to Trump, the democratic candidate had a turbulent term of office, including a high-profile investigation into the e-mail of the Hillary Clinton.

He was fired by Trump for an investigation into Russian intervention in the 2016 elections.

This is not the first investigation of the former FBI boss launched this year.

After being shared by the secret service, he was investigated and then deleted a social media mission of seashells, and wrote the numbers “8647”, in which Republicans claim to encourage violence against US President Donald Trump.

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the number 86 is a slang term with “rejecting” or “getting rid”, which is used as a term that means “killing”. And Trump 47. US President.

In July, Maurene Comey, the daughter of Mr. Comey, was fired for the role of a federal prosecutor in the southern region of New York. According to media reports, no reason was given to remove the office he worked for for 10 years.

At the beginning of this month, he filed a lawsuit against the dismissal of the Trump administration.

The Ministry of Justice expels lawyers working on cases that angered the president, including Trump’s investigation of a private prosecutor’s investigation.

With additional reports from Sumi Somascanda