• Trumped up charge: A grand jury indicted former FBI Director James Comey on Thursday on one count of making a false statement to Congress and rejected a second charge. The indictment comes shortly after convicted felon and President Donald Trump ousted a U.S. attorney who found insufficient evidence to charge Comey and installed one of his former personal lawyers to pursue the case instead. Comey has been a target of Trump’s retribution campaign because the FBI investigated his 2016 campaign for connections to Russia. After the indictment, Comey released a video statement calling for people to engage and stand up to Trump. “Fear is the tool of a tyrant,” he said, quoting his daughter, a fired federal prosecutor. “She’s right. But I’m not afraid. And I hope you’re not either. … I’m innoce

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