(CNN) — In 2017, President Donald Trump shattered norms by firing James Comey as director of the FBI, which was investigating his campaign. Wednesday, Comey is set to be arraigned on criminal charges Trump has sought as part of a political vendetta.

Comey will appear before a federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, on Wednesday on charges of providing false statements and obstructing a congressional proceeding. He could face a maximum of five years in prison if convicted.

The charges stem from Comey’s 2020 congressional testimony, where he allegedly lied about his knowledge of a leak of classified information that was later reported by several news outlets.

Comey had testified that “he had not authorized someone else to be an anonymous source in news reports,” the indictment said. “

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