Attorney General Pam Bondi just dropped a bombshell with an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, signaling the Trump Administration’s unrelenting push to root out what they see as deep-seated bias in the Department of Justice and the intelligence community.
Just The News reported that this move, unveiled as the first strike in a broader campaign, targets Comey with charges of lying to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding, while hinting at a sweeping probe into a decade of alleged political conspiracies against President Donald Trump, including the infamous Trump-Russia collusion narrative.
Declassified records, recently brought to light by FBI Director Kash Patel, expose a messy process behind that assessment, criticized as “chaotic” and “atypical” by a CIA review this summer, with Brennan’s insistence on including the dubious Steele dossier raising eyebrows among senior CIA managers.
Even former President Barack Obama got in on the action, publicly endorsing a CIA view favoring Trump’s opponent before the report was finalized, while intelligence like the so-called “Clinton Plan”—allegedly designed to tie Trump to Russia as a distraction from email scandals—swirled in the background.
Comey, briefed on this Clinton Plan intelligence in 2016 per John Durham’s 2023 report, later told the Senate Judiciary Committee he couldn’t recall a key CIA memo on the matter—a claim a grand jury recently rejected, slapping him with a false statement charge.
Fast forward to Comey’s 2017 firing by Trump, a move that fueled tensions, especially as reports emerged that Comey had authorized leaks to the press about the Trump-Russia probe through a personal advisor, despite his denials under oath in 2020.
Now, under Bondi’s watch, a federal grand jury has indicted Comey on two counts—false statements and obstruction—approved last month in a jurisdiction known for its liberal leanings, which Bondi herself noted with a wry nod to the irony of the situation.
Speaking of Bondi, she didn’t mince words: “The weaponization has ended.” But let’s be real—declaring victory is one thing; proving it in court against a figure like Comey, who insists on his innocence, is a whole different ballgame.
Beyond Comey, the Trump Administration is digging deeper, with the FBI opening a “grand conspiracy” case earlier this year to probe a decade of alleged Democratic and deep-state maneuvers, including the baseless Russia collusion claims and questionable actions by former DOJ lawyer Jack Smith.
Declassified evidence from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard points to a “treasonous conspiracy” by top intelligence officials politicizing data, while CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s criminal referral on Brennan adds fuel to the fire of accountability.
Then there’s the whistleblower angle—a career intelligence officer flagged unethical leaks by figures like Rep. Adam Schiff to smear Trump, though prosecutors declined to pursue charges due to time limits, leaving that thread dangling frustratingly out of reach.
On Inauguration Day in January, Trump issued an executive order aimed at halting the weaponization of federal agencies, a clear signal of intent, while Bondi followed up with a DOJ memo in February to restore integrity through a dedicated working group.
With heavyweights like Patel and Ratcliffe in the mix, the administration seems poised to keep pushing, though critics will undoubtedly question if this is justice or just political score-settling dressed up as reform.
Still, for those fed up with perceived double standards, this feels like a long-overdue reckoning in a system that’s lost much public trust.