Kerry Johnson

Here's the acting Attorney General Todd Blanchett at a news conference yesterday.

We have evidence to suggest otherwise, including posts from President Trump himself.

He's been demanding that Jim Comey and other people who investigated Trump be prosecuted.

DOJ, of course, charged Comey with different alleged crimes last year in Virginia over some testimony he gave to Congress.

But a judge threw out that case because the prosecutor, who was a former personal lawyer for Trump, was not legally appointed.

Authorities are appealing that decision.

They said from the stage yesterday the Comey investigation will continue.

And Jim Comey is not the only member of his own family to be the target of an alleged retribution campaign.

Last year, for no clear reason, the Justice Department fired Comey's daughter Maureen from her job as a federal prosecutor in New York.

A judge just allowed her wrongful termination case to move ahead in federal court.

Comey's going to get his day in court.

And just like last year, he'll have to appear as a defendant where he can enter a plea on these new charges.

DOJ officials said he's going to get a trial by jury of his peers.

And Comey says he's prepared to defend himself.

Some lawyers I spoke with wonder if this case will ever get to a trial.

That's because prosecutors would need to prove Comey had some understanding of the threatening nature of this post under Supreme Court precedent.

And so far, the evidence is he thought this was political speech protected by the First Amendment.

It is.

The Justice Department, under the acting Attorney General Todd Blanch, really seems to be intensifying its effort to go after Trump's perceived enemies.

Last week, it charged the Southern Poverty Law Center with misleading donors.