Former FBI Director James Comey was charged on September 25, 2025, with two counts of lying and blocking a government investigation. The charges are connected to what he said when he spoke to the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2020. This happened just days after President Donald Trump publicly told Attorney General Pam Bondi to go after Comey and other people he sees as enemies. Comey said he is innocent in a video posted to Instagram, adding that his family has known for years that standing up to Donald Trump comes with a cost.
The charges came after a wild week at the Justice Department’s Eastern District of Virginia office. Erik Siebert, the U.S. attorney Trump had picked for the job, quit under pressure after he decided there was not enough proof to charge Comey. Trump fired Siebert and quickly replaced him with Lindsey Halligan, a White House aide and former Trump personal lawyer who has never handled a criminal case before.
