Comey Responds To Indictment

Former FBI Director James Comey responded Thursday after the Department of Justice indicted him on two of three counts.

Prosecutors indicted Comey with making a false statement to Congress and obstructing a congressional investigation. Comey posted a video on Instagram to respond to the indictment and framed it as political retribution.

“My family and I have known for years that there are costs to standing up to Donald Trump, but we couldn’t imagine ourselves living any other way. We will not live on our knees, and you shouldn’t either. Somebody that I love dearly recently said that fear is the tool of a tyrant, and she’s right,” Comey said.

Comey said that neither he nor his supporters should give in to intimidation.

“I’m not afraid, and I hope you’re not either. I hope instead you are engaged, you are paying attention, and you will vote like your beloved country depends upon it, which it does. My heart is broken for the Department of Justice, but I have great confidence in the federal judicial system, and I’m innocent. So let’s have a trial and keep the faith,” Comey said.

A CIA memo released in July reveals that Comey and former CIA Director John Brennan may have given false testimony when they claimed under oath that the Steele Dossier played no role in the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA). The memo, based on a June review, directly challenges their sworn statements.

The review said that Brennan actively worked to insert the Steele Dossier into the ICA. Former British spy Christopher Steele created the dossier for Fusion GPS, a research group bankrolled by Hillary Clinton’s campaign through the law firm Perkins Coie.