In a move that’s likely to send shockwaves through the political and legal world, the Department of Justice under Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to indict former FBI Director James Comey on multiple charges, according to a bombshell report from MSNBC News correspondent Ken Dilania.
Comey, who helmed the FBI during its investigations into both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, is said to be facing charges including allegedly lying under oath to Congress. The specific charges have yet to be officially confirmed, but according to MSNBC, the indictment is expected to focus on Comey’s 2017 testimony to the House Oversight Committee, where he denied authorizing leaks to the media.
If the indictment goes through, it would mark the first time that one of Trump’s high-profile political adversaries has been formally charged by his Justice Department — a significant escalation in what critics have long called a campaign of political retaliation.
It also raises serious questions about how far Trump is willing to go to use the machinery of government against his enemies.
Comey’s name has been at the top of Trump’s enemies list since before he was fired in 2017. At the time, Trump claimed the Russia probe — which Comey launched — was politically motivated and part of a “witch hunt.” Comey’s refusal to publicly declare that Trump was not under investigation reportedly infuriated the president, and ultimately led to his dismissal.
In the years since, Trump and his allies have repeatedly called for Comey’s prosecution, along with other Democratic figures including Rep. Adam Schiff and even Federal Reserve Board member Lisa Cook. In a now-deleted post on Truth Social, the president urged Attorney General Pam Bondi and his various other deputies to “pursue prosecutions” of these perceived opponents.
What makes the Comey indictment especially striking is how it appears to be part of a larger, coordinated effort inside the DOJ — one that bypasses traditional chains of command.
Two Trump loyalists have reportedly been feeding him direct updates from inside the Justice Department and the Federal Housing Finance Agency. One of them, special prosecutor Ed Martin, is said to be reporting “directly to the president outside of the typical DOJ chain of command.”
That setup alone would be controversial. But the recent appointment of Lindsey Halligan as acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia has only fueled more concern. Halligan, according to MSNBC, “has no prosecutorial experience or background in national security,” which makes her a strange — and strategically convenient — pick for a district that regularly handles high-stakes federal cases.
Halligan is a former White House aide with deep loyalty to Trump. She reportedly helped lead the effort to “Trumpify” the Smithsonian Institution and has now been placed in a critical position at just the right time — as the Comey indictment materializes.
MSNBC’s reporting paints a disturbing picture of a White House aggressively working to “engineer criminal prosecutions of [Trump’s] enemies,” using a team of operatives embedded across key federal agencies.
That strategy — once considered a conspiracy theory by critics — is now being laid bare in what appears to be the first of several planned prosecutions.
And for those who’ve been paying attention, this is no surprise. It’s the culmination of years of threats, public pressure, and a deliberate reshaping of federal institutions to serve one man’s interests.
This story is still developing.
