{"id":5471,"date":"2025-09-28T11:40:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T16:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/28\/comey-says-hes-standing-up-to-donald-trump-while-trump-calls-for-more-retribution-2\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T11:40:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T16:40:23","slug":"comey-says-hes-standing-up-to-donald-trump-while-trump-calls-for-more-retribution-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/28\/comey-says-hes-standing-up-to-donald-trump-while-trump-calls-for-more-retribution-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Comey says he\u2019s \u2018standing up to Donald Trump,\u2019 while Trump calls for more retribution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alexandriacourthouse-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"The sun illuminates the Albert V. Bryan United States Courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia, on Sept. 26, 2025, the morning following indictment charges filed against former FBI Director James Comey. His initial court date is scheduled there Oct. 9. (Photo by Alex Kent\/Getty Images)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The sun illuminates the Albert V. Bryan United States Courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia, on Sept. 26, 2025, the morning following indictment charges filed against former FBI Director James Comey. His initial court date is scheduled there Oct. 9. (Photo by Alex Kent\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Former FBI Director James Comey proclaimed his innocence of federal obstruction charges and characterized the indictment against him as a consequence of \u201cstanding up to Donald Trump\u201d in a video posted to social media, while current Director Kash Patel sought to allay concerns the prosecution was politically motivated.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Meanwhile, Trump in remarks to reporters on Friday morning continued to slam Comey and call for other enemies to be prosecuted as well.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Comey in the video urged a trial to prove he is innocent. \u201cMy heart is broken for the Department of Justice, but I have great confidence in the federal judicial system,\u201d Comey said in the late Thursday\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPC1sFFD2iF\/\" target=\"_blank\">video<\/a> posted to Instagram. \u201cI\u2019m innocent, so let\u2019s have a trial and keep the faith.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Comey, whom a federal grand jury in Virginia\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/former-fbi-director-comey-indicted-2-federal-charges-after-trump-urged-prosecution\" target=\"_blank\">indicted<\/a> on two charges Thursday, said he and his family \u201chave known for years that there are costs to standing up to Donald Trump, but we couldn\u2019t imagine ourselves living any other way.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure role=\"group\" class=\"caption caption-drupal-media align-left view-mode--medium\">\n<div class=\"drupal-media-wrapper media--view-mode-medium\">\n<div class=\"blazy blazy--field blazy--view blazy--field-media-image blazy--field-media-image--medium blazy--view--article-feeds-v2-feed-categorized-articles-v2 blazy--view--article-feeds-v2 blazy--view--article-feeds-v2--categorized-articles-v2 field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item\" data-blazy>\n<div data-b-token=\"b-b4ae03bb2a1\" class=\"media media--blazy media--image media--responsive is-b-loading\">  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media__element b-lazy b-responsive img-fluid\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/jamescomey_0-scaled.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" alt=\"James Comey, former FBI Director, speaks at the Barnes &amp; Noble Upper West Side on May 19, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">James Comey, former FBI Director, speaks at the Barnes &amp; Noble Upper West Side on May 19, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In a Sept. 20 social media post, Trump had publicly pushed Attorney General Pam Bondi to pursue charges against Comey \u2014 with whom he has long feuded \u2014 and other political opponents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In the same post, Trump referenced the prosecutions against him to justify an investigation into his opponents. He also withdrew the nomination of a federal prosecutor in Virginia who reportedly resisted instructions to prosecute Comey and replaced him with Lindsey Halligan, an insurance lawyer who had worked for Trump in his personal capacity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump celebrated the indictment in a Thursday evening post.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cJUSTICE IN AMERICA!\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cOne of the worst human beings this Country has ever been exposed to is James Comey, the former Corrupt Head of the FBI.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Asked by a reporter Friday morning if others would face retribution, Trump said he hoped so.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThey weaponized the Justice Department like nobody in history,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat they\u2019ve done is terrible. And so I would, frankly, I hope there are others, because you can\u2019t let this happen to a country.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Trump motives questioned<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump\u2019s moves led Democrats and other Trump critics to describe Comey\u2019s prosecution as an act of retribution meant to punish the president\u2019s opponents, violating a longstanding norm separating the president from direct involvement in Justice Department activity.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In an early Friday\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FBIDirectorKash\/status\/1971533456174678438\" target=\"_blank\">post to X<\/a>, Patel sought to counter that narrative, saying professionals handled the investigation.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cCareer FBI agents, intel analysts, and staff led the investigation into Comey and others,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThey called the balls and strikes and will continue to do so. The wildly false accusations attacking this FBI for the politicization of law enforcement comes from the same bankrupt media that sold the world on Russia Gate- it\u2019s hypocrisy on steroids. Their baseless objections tell us now, more than ever, that we are precisely over the target and will remain on mission until completion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Comey\u2019s initial court date is scheduled for Oct. 9 in Alexandria, Virginia, in front of U.S. District Judge Michael S. Nachmanoff, who was appointed by President Joe Biden.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">His\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/71459120\/9\/united-states-v-comey\/\" target=\"_blank\">summons<\/a> were served to Patrick Fitzgerald, a longtime federal prosecutor who is leading Comey\u2019s defense.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The grand jury charged Comey with lying to Congress and obstructing a proceeding of Congress related to his testimony to a Senate committee about whether he authorized FBI agents to leak information about a probe into Russia\u2019s involvement in the 2016 presidential election, which Trump won.<\/p>\n<h4>Democrats blast indictment<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In a lengthy statement Thursday, Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, called the indictment \u201cblatantly fraudulent and vindictive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe rule of law was supposed to replace vendettas, blood feuds, and mad kings exacting vengeance on their perceived enemies,\u201d Raskin wrote. \u201cThis sordid episode is one more savage assault on justice in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Senate Judiciary Committee ranking Democrat Dick Durbin of Illinois called on Republicans to oppose Trump\u2019s involvement with the Justice Department.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe Department of Justice has become a political tool of a vengeful President,\u201d Durbin said in a Friday morning statement. \u201cPresident Trump wears his corruption like a badge of honor and defies anyone daring to challenge him. The Attorney General willingly complies with every order from the White House. Is there one Republican left in Washington who gives a damn?\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sun illuminates the Albert V. Bryan United States Courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia, on Sept. 26, 2025, the morning following indictment charges filed against former FBI Director James Comey. His initial court date is scheduled there Oct. 9. 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