Former FBI Director James Comey was criminally charged on Thursday with false statements and obstruction over congressional testimony he gave in September 2020 about the investigation into contacts between President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and the Russian government.

FBI Director Kash Patel on Friday rejected what he called “wildly false accusations” that the bureau is politicizing law enforcement now that the Trump administration has indicted former Director James Comey.

The federal probe into former FBI Director James Comey is centered around a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in 2020, sources told ABC News.

The federal judge in Virginia assigned to hear former FBI Director James Comey's criminal case is an ex-public defender who advocated for sentencing reform and was appointed to the bench by President Donald Trump's Democratic predecessor,

James Comey faces potential perjury charges over his 2020 Senate testimony about Crossfire Hurricane, despite internal DOJ resistance to the case.

In a memo this week, prosecutors in Virginia recommended against potential plans by the new U.S. attorney there to charge ex-FBI Director James Comey, sources say.

Attorney General Pam Bondi reportedly has reservations about prosecuting former FBI Director James Comey. Attorneys from the Eastern District of Virginia, the United States’ district court