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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Alexandria Division
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\nTHE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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\nV.
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\nJAMES B. COMEY JR.
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\nDefendant.
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\nCRIMINAL NO. 1:25-CR-272
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\nFILED IN OPEN COURT
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\nSEP 25 2025
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\nCLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA
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\nCount One: False statements within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch of the United States Government (18 U.S.C. \u00a7 1001(a)(2))
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\nCount Two: Obstruction of a Congressional proceeding (18 U.S.C. \u00a7 1505)
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\nINDICTMENT
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\nCOUNT ONE
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\nFalse statements within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch of the United States Government [18 U.S.C. \u00a7 1001(a)(2)]
\n1. On or about September 30, 2020, in the Eastern District of Virginia, the defendant, JAMES B. COMEY JR., did willfully and knowingly make a materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statement in a matter within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch of the Government of the United States, by falsely stating to a U.S. Senator during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that he, JAMES B. COMEY JR., had not “authorized someone else at the FBI to be an anonymous source in news reports\u201d regarding an FBI investigation concerning PERSON 1.
\n2. That statement was false, because, as JAMES B. COMEY JR. then and there knew, he in
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\nfact had authorized PERSON 3 to serve as an anonymous source in news reports regarding
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\nan FBI investigation concerning PERSON 1.
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\n3. All in violation of 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 1001(a)(2).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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