This Isn’t About James Comey

I honestly don’t care about James Comey.

But I want to live in a democratic republic.

His indictment proves we live in a banana republic, where the autocrat personally orders indictments of his political enemies, and when his own officials refuse he finds new ones that will.

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 26, 2025

I admit I’m disappointed. I thought the grand jury would reflect on the 8 no bills already handed out to the Trump Administration, and consider Trump’s public statements about this matter, and do the right thing.

Alas.

But this is interesting:

Goldman: Fundamentally, there's a major flaw here, which is that this false statements count is predicated on Ted Cruz's summary of Andy Mccabe's testimony… pic.twitter.com/1IrXWqDrJv

— Acyn (@Acyn) September 26, 2025

Which summary, I understand, was not a fair representation of McCabe’s testimony. The whole perjury charge is based on he said/he said, and it may be what Cruz said, is not what McCabe said. OTOH, all Comey did was stand by his statement, so did he lie? Or did he just testify differently than McCabe did? Aside from the fact that perjury requires a willful lie, not just a misrepresentation or a disagreement between witnesses (why isn’t McCabe indicted? That way lies the malicious prosecution defense Trump has opened the door for.). Perjury is probably going to be impossible to prove in court. Not that Comey should have to incur attorneys fees to remain out of prison. But any lawyer for DOJ who appears in this case can be challenged for ethics violations before the bar that issued their license. I can even see them losing their federal license (not to practice law, but to appear in D.C. federal court). The trial court could easily do that, for the grossly unethical nature of this case.

What I am hearing from DoJ sources:

The Comey indictment is among the worst abuses in DOJ history. Shocking. It’s hard to overstate how a big a moment this is.

— Ken Dilanian (@DilanianMSNBC) September 25, 2025

Lots of shit could happen here, none of it good for people who work under Trump.