Comey was indicted on charges of making a false statement to Congress and obstructing a Congressional proceeding, based on an exchange the former FBI director had during his testimony on Sept. 30, 2020.
Comey testified at the time that he had not authorized anyone to leak FBI information to the press, telling Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, he stood by earlier testimony he gave in 2017, when Comey answered “no” after being asked if he had “ever authorized someone else at the FBI to be an anonymous source in news reports about the Trump investigation or the Clinton investigation.”
The indictment alleges Comey’s testimony was “false” because “he in fact had authorized PERSON 3 to serve as an anonymous source in news reports regarding an FBI investigation concerning PERSON 1.”
Based on the details of the indictment, person 3 must be Andrew McCabe.
As part of the inspector general’s 2018 investigation into McCabe, the former FBI official testified he “did not recall” telling Comey about the leak before the Journal piece was published. He acknowledged “it’s possible” he did, but said he did not believe he told Comey, because the FBI chief was “very, very occupied” at the time and McCabe had been traveling. McCabe testified he did tell Comey about the leak the day after the piece was already published, and Comey “did not react negatively, just kind of accepted it.”
I don’t know that the article has all of the facts, but McCabe never said that Comey authorized anything about the leak. The only thing he’s spoken about is whether he disclosed his actions to Comey. Additionally, I think McCabe has actually said that Comey did not authorize him to make the leak, but it is not in that article. It may have not been part of testimony.
Thank you! Based on other cases from this administration I’d be shocked if they actually had evidence of wrongdoing. Their political cases are always built on lies or distortions and nothing more.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/09/26/heres-what-james-comey-said-that-got-him-indicted-and-the-evidence-that-hurts-trumps-case/
Based on the details of the indictment, person 3 must be Andrew McCabe.
I don’t know that the article has all of the facts, but McCabe never said that Comey authorized anything about the leak. The only thing he’s spoken about is whether he disclosed his actions to Comey. Additionally, I think McCabe has actually said that Comey did not authorize him to make the leak, but it is not in that article. It may have not been part of testimony.
Thank you! Based on other cases from this administration I’d be shocked if they actually had evidence of wrongdoing. Their political cases are always built on lies or distortions and nothing more.