James Comey indicted on federal charges amid ongoing feud with Trump

Former FBI director James Komei, who He was accused on Friday On two federal charges he claims to have issued a false statement to Congress and obstruction of justice, he previously called for those who lie under the oath to face consequences.

For example, Kumei once inhabited against the lifestyle icon Martha Stewart, who was convicted of federal investigators, and said her case was an example to deter others of lying to officials.

Komi wrote in his book, “Stewart’s experience reminded me that the justice system is an honor system,” it was released in 2018.

The lawyer says: “Martha Stewart’s anger from James Komei to make her a” concept “cup, says the lawyer,” the lawyer says.

“There was a time when most people worried about going to hell if they violated the right that was taken in the name of God,” Kumi wrote. “This divine deterrence has retracted our modern cultures. In its place, people should be afraid to go to prison … to protect the Justice Foundation and enhance the culture of narrating the truth, it had a trial.”

Komi held the position of the main public prosecutor who was charged with Stewart, to obstruct justice and lying to the FBI in 2003, and who resulted in the commercial investigation of federal investigations at SiddiClone’s friend of Siddik.

Stewart ultimately was convicted of four charges of obstructing justice and lying to investigators. It was sentenced to five months in prison.

James Comey, former FBI director James Komei, was populated against the Lifestyd Stewart icon, who was convicted of federal investigators, and said her case was an example to deter others of lying to officials. (Brendon Thorne/Getty Emoz)

In his book, Komei’s statement is in his book with those who made it at that time. After accusations against Stewart in 2003, Kumi said that the Stuart case revolves around lying – lying to the FBI, lying to the Supreme Education Council and investors.

“This is the behavior that will not be tolerated. Martha Stewart is not because of whom she is, but what she did,” Kumi said at a 2003 press conference.

Stewart was criticizing in Kumi in her documentary “Netflix” called “Martha”, which was released in October 2024.

“It was so terrifying for me that I had to pass this to be a cup for these idiots in the US Prosecutor’s office,” Stewart said.

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Meanwhile, Kumi’s runner with President Donald Trump also returned in the spotlight after Kumi’s indictment.

The two men went to face against each other for years, returning to the first Trump administration amid the FBI’s investigation of whether Russia interfered in the 2016 elections, and they continued to circulate insurance operations during Trump’s second term.

While Trump has given conditions such as “sick person” and “non -honesty mud ball”, Komei also criticized the president and said he was inappropriate for positions.

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James Comey was seen former FBI director in a hearing in Capitol Hill in 2017. (Associated Press)

For example, Come Trump described as a person “constantly lying about big and small matters and insists that the American people believe it”, and asked whether Trump embodies our values ​​during an interview in April 2018 with ABC News before releasing his book, “Top Loyalty.”

“I don’t think he is medically inappropriate to be president – I think he is morally inappropriate to be president … this is not a political statement,” Kome told ABC News. “Once again, I do not care what your views are on weapons, migration, or taxes. There is something more important than that, all of us must unite, and that is that our president must embody respect and commitment to the values ​​at the heart of this country, the most important of which is. This president cannot do so.”

In the same month, Komei attracted Trump’s anger, who accused Komei of the director of the “terrible” FBI and that he was “his great honor” to shoot Comey.

“James Komei is a leak and false fixation. Almost everyone in Washington thought that he should be expelled for the terrible function he performed, even that, in fact, he shot. Secret information leaked, which must be sued. He lied to Congress under the oath,” Trump said at April 2018.

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President Donald Trump and former FBI director James Comey had a long -term disagreement. (Alex Kraus/Bloomberg via Getty Images and Photo for Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“It is a weak inspiration and not sincere, as it proved time, a terrible manager of the FBI … It was a great honor to launch James Comey!” Trump said.

Trump launched Komei in May 2017, after Kumi revealed in March 2017 to the Intelligence Committee in the House of Representatives that the FBI had launched a criminal investigation into whether Trump’s campaign was coordinating with Russia during the 2016 elections.

At that time, Trump said he overthrew Kumi because of his dealings with an investigation into the former Foreign Minister Hillary Clinton Use a special email server.

Kumi, who had previously determined as a Republican, continued to support former President Joe Biden in the 2020 elections. He also called for “everyone who cares about the rule of law and the indispensable role of America in the world” to reach behind former Vice President Kamala Harris as a Democratic candidate during the 2024 elections when he ascended to Trump.

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President Donald Trump said at the time that he toppled the FBI director James Komei for his dealings with the investigation of former Foreign Minister Hillary Clinton to a private email. (Kevin Lietsch/Getty Images)

“He made me Harris, I feel like he was finally in America,” Kumi wrote in a post in X in August 2024.

Recently, Kome and Trump erupted after the former FBI director Publish a picture on Instagram in May The shells are depicted on the beach to clarify “86 47”. The term “86” can mean getting rid of something or someone, and Trump is the 47th president.

After a violent reaction from Trump’s allies who interpreted the position of Kumi as a threat to remove Trump, Kumi said that the thought did not express his opinion and oppose “violence of any kind.”

However, Trump did not buy Comey’s interpretation.

“He knew exactly what he means,” Trump told Fox News. “The child knows what it means. If you are the FBI director and do not know what this means, this means assassination.”

George Stefanopoulos sits with former FBI director James Komei for an interview on “20/20” on April 15, 2018. (General entertainment content, Ralph Alawang/Disney via Getti Emiez)

After Kumi’s accusation, Trump said in a social media post on Friday that Komei was “one of the worst human beings at all,” and described the former FBI director as a “dirty policeman.”

The charges against Komei are linked to his testimony before the Senate Judicial Committee in September 2020 regarding the FBI investigation of Russia’s interference in the 2016 elections. At the same time, Komei has He denied the allegations that accused Against him, and said he was “not afraid.”

“My family and I have known for years that there are costs to stand in front of Donald Trump, but we did not imagine ourselves in any other way,” Kumi said in Instagram. “We will not live on our knees, and you should not.

Under Konklin in Audrey News contributed to this report.