Comey Pleads Not Guilty to Lying to Congress Charges

Published OCT 8

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Above: Former FBI Director James Comey speaks about his new book at a Barnes & Noble in NYC on May 19, 2025. Image copyright: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

The Spin

Republican narrative

Comey's indictment delivers overdue accountability for a corrupt official who weaponized the FBI against Trump. The same man who prosecuted Martha Stewart for lying now faces identical charges for his own perjury to Congress. Comey's years of attacks on Trump, including cryptic assassination references, prove this prosecution targets genuine misconduct.

Townhall FOX News

Democratic narrative

Trump's indictment of Comey is a dangerous political weaponization of justice. The administration fired an experienced prosecutor who refused to bring charges due to insufficient evidence, then installed Trump's personal lawyer with zero prosecutorial experience to rush a flawed indictment before the statute of limitations expired. Even the grand jury barely voted to indict, and rejected one count entirely.

USA Today Brennan Center for Justice

Cynical narrative

Whether you think Comey is a criminal or not, Trump's indictment risks making him, and every other career bureaucrat with years' worth of skeletons in his closet, a martyr. Comey's career is marked by deceit — trapping defendants with dubious tactics while shielding more powerful people. Yet, this weak indictment, rushed by an inexperienced loyalist, mirrors Trump's own past persecutions, ironically elevating Comey from obscurity to folk hero status.

American Thinker