FBI Director James Comey pauses as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 3, 2017, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Carolyn Kaster/AP

The FBI disciplined an agent after refusing to participate in plans for a surrender and arrest of former FBI director James Comey at the time of his indictment, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Comey, a longtime critic of President Donald Trump, was indicted last week on charges of giving false statements and obstruction of a congressional proceeding.

Before the initial indictment was unsealed, agents were asked to take part in an early morning surrender, that was likely to turn into a media spectacle. When one agent refused, they were disciplined, the source said.

After Comey was indicted by the grand jury, the fe

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