The Justice Department is preparing to decide whether to indict former FBI Director James Comey for perjury as the deadline to bring charges approaches, Fox News has learned.
The investigation focuses on whether Comey lied to Congress during his Sept. 30, 2020 testimony about his handling of the FBI’s probe into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Under federal law, prosecutors have five years to bring perjury charges. That window closes next Tuesday. The case is being handled by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia.
“DOJ officials are close to deciding whether to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey for allegedly lying to Congress in September 2020,” a source said. “There is a grand jury underway looking at the matter in Virginia. A decision could come any day.”
It remains unclear which portions of Comey’s testimony could be subject to potential charges.
President Donald Trump has long accused Comey of politicizing intelligence and weaponizing the FBI against his presidency.
“I think they’re very dishonest people. I think they’re crooked as hell,” Trump said in July, referring to Comey and former CIA Director John Brennan. “And maybe they have to pay a price for that.”
Trump fired Comey in 2017, calling the FBI’s handling of the Russia investigation a “rigged witch hunt” and the “Russia hoax.” He has argued the probe severely damaged U.S. relations with Moscow.
The Russia investigation was later taken over by special counsel Robert Mueller, who found insufficient evidence of a criminal conspiracy between Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia.
During Trump’s first term, the Justice Department also appointed special counsel John Durham to examine how the FBI handled the Crossfire Hurricane probe into alleged Trump-Russia ties.
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