Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Well, howdy there, Internet people. It's Belle again. So today, we're going to talk about Comey and the future. Just a quick recap. Trump wanted former FBI Director Comey indicted.
Chapter 2: What is the background of Comey's indictment?
The U.S. attorney in the area said there wasn't enough evidence to seek an indictment, much less when at trial. Trump replaced the U.S. attorney. The new U.S. attorney went forward with an indictment. Comey was indicted on two counts. The charges are related to lying to Congress and obstructing their investigation. The indictment is short. In relevant part, it says, quote, James B. Comey Jr.
did willfully and knowingly make a materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statement in the matter within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch of the government of the United States. By falsely stating to a U.S. Senator during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that he, James B. Comey Jr., had not authorized someone else at the FBI to be an anonymous source in news reports.
regarding an FBI investigation concerning Person 1. That statement was false because, as James B. Comey Jr. then and there knew, he in fact had authorized Person 3 to serve as an anonymous source in news reports regarding an FBI investigation concerning Person 1.
So at the end of the day, Comey's alleged crime is saying he didn't authorize someone at the FBI to be an anonymous source when he allegedly had. Not actually authorizing the anonymous source, but saying he didn't to Congress. The administration sought a third count related to allegedly lying to Congress about something else, and the grand jury declined to indict.
The ranking member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, Jamie Raskin, released a statement saying that Trump, quote, forced Mr. Siebert to resign in order to replace him with one of his former defense attorneys, Lindsey Holligan, who has literally no prosecutorial experience, but is clearly willing to blindly carry out the president's orders.
As if by magic, within mere days of being appointed, Ms. Holligan delivered for the president by filing the exact baseless charges against Mr. Comey that her predecessor had rejected. Comey released a video on Instagram in which he spoke to the country and said, quote,
My family and I have known for years that there are costs to standing up to Donald Trump, but we couldn't imagine ourselves living any other way.
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Chapter 3: What were the specific charges against James Comey?
We will not live on our knees, and you shouldn't either. Somebody that I love dearly recently said that fear is the tool of a tyrant. And she's right. But I'm not afraid. And I hope you're not either.
I hope instead you are engaged, you are paying attention, and you will vote like your beloved country depends upon it, which it does.
Soon, we'll get more and more information about the case, as well as, well, I assume, we'll see motions to dismiss soon that use Trump's social media posts to make their case. Expect this to become a major story moving forward. Anyway, it's just a thought. Y'all have a good day.