The Justice Department on Thursday charged former FBI Director James Comey with with making a false statement and obstruction in regards to his 2020 testimony before Congress about the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

The indictment alleges Comey lied when he told the Senate Judiciary Committee that he had not “authorized someone else at the FBI to be an anonymous source in news reports." The DOJ contends Comey had authorized a person to serve as an anonymous source regarding an FBI investigation, which he denies.

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Comey is scheduled to be arraigned on Oct. 9. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison.

“No one is above the law,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement. “Today’s

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