Well, now the phrase trumped up charges has new meaning. Donald Trump has delivered what is literally the thinnest federal indictment you will ever see. It amounts to two pages only because the two counts so-called in this thin indictment are the same count, the same so-called crime, which we will show you in a moment. James Comey's testimony uh to the Senate. And so they use that same sentence that James Comey uh gave in his testimony to create these two different so-called counts. The uh first count is wh ...

Following today's indictment of former FBI Director James Comey by Donald Trump's Justice Department, Democratic Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia put out this statement. I've had my differences with James Comey in the past, but I can spot trumped up charges a mile away. Trump said he'd go after him, then fired a superb, ethical prosecutor when he refused to bring frivolous charges against those whom Trump perceived to be his enemies.Now he has installed yet another one of his personal lawyers as the interim US ...

It is a really dark, sad, scary day for America. And that post that you just showed is truly petrifying. The president of the United States ordered criminal charges against an individual who happens to be a political adversary and a critic of him.And let's be clear about what's happening here. The president is singling out someone he just doesn't like. And that post that you just showed could create a defense, maybe even grounds for dismissal.I spent most of my life in law enforcement. I was the US attorney ...

Today, one of Donald Trump's most prominent critics from very early in his first term, James Comey, the former director of the FBI, a guy who refused to turn the bureau into Trump's personal play thing, has now been indicted on two federal charges. The case was brought to a grand jury jury by our former Trump attorney that he handpicked to be a prosecutor just days ago and who has never prosecuted a case in her life. Joining me now, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, Democrat of Texas who serves on the oversig ...

How does all of this sort of resonate in the legal community when they see what's happening and they know dagon well to use my daddy's expression that that is not the way this should be done. I mean this is the classic erosion of the rule of law right of law people say what the heck does that mean. System of laws that the governed and the government agree to abide by.That would be the constitution here right. transparency in the way it's enforced. So, it's predictable and st and stable.Well, maybe there's t ...

Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted on two criminal counts by a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia. Two people familiar with the matter tell MSNBC one count is obstruction and the second count is false statements. Sources tell MSNBC that the grand jury rejected a third count, which is unknown at this point, but we will effort to get you that information. Donald Trump's Justice Department had been rushing to indict Comey before Tuesday because that's when the statute of limitations ...

We just got uh a video that has been posted, I believe, to Instagram by James Comey, of course, the former FBI director who has just been indicted. I think we have that ready to roll if you want to just take a look. >> My family and I have known for years that there are costs to standing up to Donald Trump, but we couldn't imagine ourselves living any other way.We will not live on our knees, and you shouldn't either. Somebody that I love dearly recently said that fear is the tool of a tyrant. And she's righ ...

Good evening from New York. I'm Chris Hayes. Donald Trump's Department of Justice announced this evening that former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted by a grand jury on two counts, making a false statement and obstruction.Now, the charges stem from Comey's testimony before Congress back on September 30th, 2020. And that specific date is very important because the statute of limitations on these charges is 5 years. Which means the last possible date to charge Comey with this crime lying during that ...

We begin with Trump DOJ's in crisis though and remember much of what Donald Trump says and admits in public involves Watergate level confessions if they were only in private and he has turned that into something of a kind of political propaganda art because what he has already admitted is a scandal for the DOJ in pursuing his perceived foes. Now we have more detail about the DOJ faced with a crisis of Trump's own making. After their own career prosecutors did not find evidence to indict Jim Comey, they are ...

We have major breaking legal news. The Trump Justice Department has now indicted former FBI Director James Comey. This is in Virginia by a grand jury tonight.He is charged with two criminal counts. MSNBC reporting those charges. ABC News reporting the two counts are false statements and obstruction of justice.We do not have the actual indictment paper yet and this is a developing breaking story. It also comes after reports of unusual and extreme pressure from the president on that department's office. Basic ...