Crime & Justice
Justice Department charges ex-FBI director James Comey for third time
October 26, 2026 at 10:58 PM
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TGThe Guardian
Justice department charges ex-FBI director James Comey for third time
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AJAl Jazeera English
Former FBI director James Comey hit with third set of charges under Trump
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BNBBC News
Ex-FBI chief James Comey faces federal charges for third time
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CNCNN
Justice Department charges former FBI Director James Comey for third time
(opens the publisher’s site)The US Justice Department charged former FBI Director James Comey with two counts of leaking national defense information, his third criminal case under the Trump administration.
- The charges, filed in federal court in Washington DC, stem from an alleged October 2016 leak to the New York Times.
- Prosecutors filed the case via a criminal information rather than a grand-jury indictment to toll the 10-year statute of limitations.
- Comey's lawyer Patrick Fitzgerald said two prosecutor teams twice investigated the disclosure and determined no charges should be brought.
- Comey denied wrongdoing in a Substack video, calling the case an "appalling abuse" of the Justice Department and saying he remains innocent.