Donald Trump notched a major victory in his push for legal action against perceived political enemies with the indictment of former FBI director James Comey, fueling speculation about possible charges against others the president wants prosecuted.

President Donald Trump accused former FBI Director James Comey of lying in a legal case overseen by a judge appointed by President Joe Biden. In a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump called Comey a “Dirty Cop” and said that the alleged falsehood was “serious and far reaching,

Just days after the president demanded action, former FBI Director James Comey, a longtime target of Trump’s ire, was indicted by a grand jury for allegedly lying to Congress during testimony in 2020.

James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director now under indictment, has long been a target of President Trump’s ire.

Before she was sworn in Monday as an interim U.S. attorney, Halligan, a 36-year-old former White House aide, had no prosecutorial experience.

Ex-FBI Director James Comey indicted on criminal charges after Trump pressured the DOJ to investigate. And, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calls unusual meeting of top military commanders.

The two-page indictment of James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, offered little indication of the evidence that would be presented at a trial. Some legal experts called it flimsy and dangerous.

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,