A federal grand jury indicted former FBI Director James B. Comey on Thursday on charges he lied to Congress and obstructed a congressional proceeding, days after President Donald Trump demanded that the Department of Justice prosecute his long-time foe.

The charges follow a public campaign by the president for the indictment of Comey and other perceived political enemies, and they come after Trump forced out the U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia and appointed an ally of his to the spot.

The indictment , filed in that district, focuses on Comey’s testimony at Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Sept. 30, 2020, and states he lied when he said he “had not ‘authorized someone else at the FBI to be an anonymous source in news reports’ regarding an FBI investigation.”

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