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Source: theguardian.com

<p>Comey, an outspoken critic of Donald Trump, accused of leaking information related to US national defense</p><p>The justice department <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.297297/gov.uscourts.dcd.297297.1.0.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">charged</a> former FBI director James Comey on Monday with two counts of leaking information related to national defense, the third time the Trump administration has filed criminal charges against one of Donald Trump’s most despised foes.</p><p>The charges, filed in federal court in Washington DC, provide few details about what Comey is alleged to have leaked. The government alleges that the former FBI director leaked the information in 2016 and conspired with an unnamed person to give the information to a national news outlet.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/26/james-comey-charged-doj" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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