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Sam Levine

Ex-FBI director James Comey pleads not guilty on lying to Congress charge

a man in a suit looks ahead
James Comey: ‘I have great confidence in the federal judicial system and I’m innocent. So let’s have a trial.’ Photograph: Bloomberg

The former FBI director James Comey pleaded not guilty in court on Wednesday in connection with federal charges that he lied to Congress in 2020.

Comey entered the federal courthouse shortly before 10am through a private entrance. He was joined in court by his legal team, as well as his wife and daughter, Maurene, who was fired last month as a federal prosecutor in the southern district of New York. Troy Edwards Jr, Comey’s son-in-law who resigned as a prosecutor in the eastern district of Virginia immediately after Comey was indicted, was also seen at the courthouse.

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