A grand jury charged Comey with 2 criminal counts — but rejected a third. Here's what they say.

President Trump's Justice Department charged former FBI Director James Comey on Thursday with lying to Congress, an unprecedented step against a longtime Trump foe that revisits controversies over the FBI's Trump-Russia probe from nearly a decade ago.

A grand jury in Northern Virginia voted to indict Comey on two counts: making a false statement to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding. In an unusual move, the grand jury voted against indicting him on an additional charge of making a false statement.

The criminal charges revolve around a Senate hearing in September 2020, when lawmakers grilled Comey — who was fired by Mr. Trump three years earlier — about how he handled the FBI's 2016 investigations into pro-Trump election meddling by Russia and Hillary Clinton's use of