Comey says he is still innocent and still believes in the independent federal judiciary
James ComeyFormer FBI director and the defendant, in a video on his Substack newsletter
In a video posted after the charges were made public, Comey says nothing has changed for him, that he is still innocent, that he is not afraid of the people bringing the case and that he still believes in the independent federal judiciary.
“Nothing's changed with me. I'm still innocent. I'm still not afraid of these people, and I still believe in the independent federal judiciary”
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DOJ charges James Comey with disclosing national defense information in 2016; Comey says he is innocent
On October 26, 2026, a federal judge in Washington unsealed a criminal information that prosecutors filed on October 5, charging former FBI Director James Comey with transmitting national defense information to a person not entitled to receive it and with conspiracy. The charges concern an October 5, 2016, New York Times article. Comey says he is innocent and calls the case an abuse of the Justice Department, and his lawyers argue the charges are time barred because no grand jury indictment was obtained. The Justice Department says filing an information to pause the limitations period is a widely recognized practice.
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NBC News report on the unsealed charges, with statements from Comey, his lawyer Patrick Fitzgerald, a Justice Department spokesperson and former federal prosecutor Greg Rosen.
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In a video on Substack after the charges were made public, Comey said the case would almost be funny if it were not such an appalling abuse of the Department of Justice, one that we cannot become numb to.
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NBC News reports that the new charges stem from an October 5, 2016, New York Times article by reporter Charlie Savage about Yahoo and email surveillance.
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The case concerns the Justice Department's new charges accusing Comey of causing national defense information to be disclosed to a reporter in 2016. Comey says he is still innocent, which denies the accusation.
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Justice Department spokesperson says filing an information to toll the statute of limitations is a widely recognized practice
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“Filing a criminal information to toll the statute of limitations is a widely recognized practice in federal court and has been approved by multiple Circuit Courts of Appeals.”Read statement
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