The indictment was secured by Lindsey Halligan, a former White House advisor with no prosecutorial experience who was recently sworn in to lead the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. The charges stem from Comey's testimony during a September 2020 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.

According to the indictment, Comey allegedly lied to a senator when he denied authorizing an FBI employee to leak information to the media about an investigation, when he had in fact done so. A grand jury of 12 members opted to move forward with two of the three charges brought by Halligan.

It remains unclear what evidence the government has in the case beyond the hearing video.

Comey responded to the charges in a video posted to Instagram late Thursday, expressing his resol

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