Former FBI Director James Comey has been charged by federal prosecutors with transmission of national defense information and conspiracy to transmit national defense information.

It's the third federal case against Comey, who has been a longtime Trump target since he initiated the FBI investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

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The case has played out under seal since Oct. 5.

Comey's defense attorneys filed a motion 10 days ago to dismiss the charges against him. He has not been indicted in the case.


In a video Monday, Comey responded to the new charges.

 Well, they're back again. It would almost be funny if it weren't such an appalling abuse of the Department of Justice, one that we cannot become numb to,  Comey said in a video he posted on Substack after the charges were made public.

 Nothing's changed with me. I'm still innocent. I'm still not afraid of these people, and I still believe in the independent federal judiciary,  he said.



Comey's attorneys argued both counts  are based exclusively on the October 5, 2016, alleged disclosure exactly ten years before the government's filed criminal information  - and that the charges should tossed because of statute of limitations issues.

The case is  time barred,  they argue, because the government ha
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