Fact Check: No, the Comey Prosecutor Did Not Mislead Grand Jurors, Regardless of What the Biden-Appointed Judge Says
On Wednesday, federal district court Judge Michael Nachmanoff, a Biden appointee, criticized the staff of interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan for not showing a grand jury the final version of the September indictment against former FBI Director James Comey.
Politico reported that the grand jury originally considered a three-count indictment, but ultimately chose to approve just two counts contained in the document: false statements within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch of the United States Government (18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2)) and Obstruction of a Congressional proceeding (18 U.S.C. § 1505).
The charges stemmed from Comey’s testimony before the Senate in September 2020, when he reitered his claim from 2017 testimony before Congress that he never authorized a friend to leak information about the President Donald Trump-Russia investigation and the Hillary Clinton email probe to the media in violation of FBI policy.
BREAKING: Full text of former FBI Director James Comey’s indictment has been released:
COUNT 1: “On or about September 30, 2020, JAMES B. COMEY JR., did willfully and knowingly make a materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statement in a matter within the jurisdiction of… pic.twitter.com/SlnGhrs7U8
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