Former FBI Director James Comey said Thursday is heart was "broken" for the Department of Justice after he was indicted on two counts by the Trump Justice Department, but professed his innocence and said he was unafraid.

Comey responded to news of his own indictment in a short video posted to Instagram.

"My family and I have known for years there are costs to standing up to Donald Trump. But we couldn’t imagine ourselves living any other way. We will not live on our knees, and you shouldn’t either," Comey said.

"Somebody that I love dearly recently said that fear is the tool of a tyrant. And she’s right," Comey continued, quoting what his daughter said after she was fired as a federal prosecutor in July.

"But I’m not afraid, and I hope you’re not either. I hope instead you are engaged.

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