Former FBI Director James Comey was criminally charged by the Justice Department for a third time on Monday, marking an extraordinary effort by the Trump administration to prosecute one of the president’s biggest perceived political foes.
Comey is charged with allegedly transmitting national defense information when he was FBI director in October 2016, and allegedly conspiring to transmit national defense information.
The charges were filed in federal court in Washington, DC, and appear to stem from actions Comey took in his capacity as FBI director in October 2016 – exactly 10 years earlier.
They also mark the third time Comey has been charged by the
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