"Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, said the charges against Comey - filed by one of Trump's former personal defense attorneys, Lindsey Halligan, installed as US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia just days ago, show that Trump "refuses to allow the facts or the law to stand in the way of his wrath and vengeance campaign.""
"Comey is charged with lying to Congress and obstruction of congressional proceedings related to testimony he gave to a US Senate committee in 2020. Still, the previous prosecutorial team in the Eastern District concluded there was not sufficient evidence to bring such a case. Earlier this week, Trump forced Halligan's predecessor, Erik Siebert, to resign after he refused to bring the charges. "He didn't quit," Trump said of Siebert, "I fired him.""
Federal prosecutors indicted former FBI Director James Comey on charges of lying to Congress and obstructing congressional proceedings for his 2020 Senate testimony. The renewed prosecution followed efforts by President Donald Trump, who pursued the case from the Oval Office and installed Lindsey Halligan as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after the previous team declined to bring charges. The earlier prosecutorial team concluded there was insufficient evidence. Trump publicly framed Comey as a political enemy and forced a predecessor U.S. Attorney to resign, intensifying concerns that presidential influence is overriding Justice Department norms. The case connects to Comey's accounts of pressure regarding the Michael Flynn investigation.
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