Julie Kelly welcomes the third case against Comey, saying the third time is a charm
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Writing in her Declassified newsletter after the case was unsealed, Julie Kelly welcomes the third federal case against Comey, saying the third time is a charm.
“The third time, as the saying goes, is a charm.”
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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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Newsletter post by Julie Kelly on the unsealing of the third federal case against Comey.
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Kelly opens her newsletter post on the unsealing of the case, the third time the Justice Department has charged Comey.
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She summarizes the information and both sides' arguments over the ten-year limit, and ends by writing that it is gratifying to see Comey on the ropes.
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The case concerns the Justice Department's new charges against Comey. Kelly welcomes the charges and writes that it is gratifying to see Comey on the ropes, which defends the prosecution under scrutiny.
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