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Ex-FBI director James Comey indicted on charges of lying to Congress and obstruction

James Comey faces charges of false testimony and obstruction tied to his 2020 Senate testimony, marking the first prosecution of a former senior official over the Russia investigation.

  • James Comey has been indicted on one count of making false statements and one count of obstruction of justice.
  • Comey testified that he did not "authorize someone else at the FBI to be an anonymous source in news reports" regarding his conversations with Trump.
  • The Justice Department presented three charges to a grand jury, which only agreed to proceed with two based on sufficient evidence.
  • Comey is the first ex-FBI director to be indicted for a crime and maintains that he has not lied under oath.
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Spectrum Local News broke the news in United States on Thursday, September 25, 2025.
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