DOJ Obstruction Charge on Comey Relates to Denying Knowing About Clinton Plan on Trump and Russia
Update: 2025-11-18
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The Justice Department failed to secure an indictment against ex-FBI Director James Comey charging him with lying when he claimed that he did not recall a CIA referral memo on Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign plan to tie Donald Trump to Russia. But the DOJ is now revealing the false-statements allegation will still be used to support its successful indictment charging Comey with obstructing Congress.
The DOJ’s two-count indictment, approved by a federal grand jury in September, stemmed from allegations that Comey misled the Senate during his testimony in late September 2020, when he reiterated his May 2017 denial that he had never authorized a leak of information to the media about the Trump-Russia investigation or Clinton-related investigations, when the DOJ says he in fact authorized his friend, confidante, and Special Government employee Dan Richman to leak to the media about the FBI’s Hillary Clinton investigation. The indictment also alleged that Comey had obstructed Congress by lying to the Senate.
The DOJ’s two-count indictment, approved by a federal grand jury in September, stemmed from allegations that Comey misled the Senate during his testimony in late September 2020, when he reiterated his May 2017 denial that he had never authorized a leak of information to the media about the Trump-Russia investigation or Clinton-related investigations, when the DOJ says he in fact authorized his friend, confidante, and Special Government employee Dan Richman to leak to the media about the FBI’s Hillary Clinton investigation. The indictment also alleged that Comey had obstructed Congress by lying to the Senate.
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