Former FBI Director James Comey will appear in federal court on Wednesday to face criminal charges.
– Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a federal charge of lying to Congress five years ago.
Comey, 64, also denied a charge of obstruction of justice tied to the long-running probe into alleged collusion between President Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and Russian officials. His trial was set for Jan. 5, 2026, after a brief hearing.
The two-page indictment handed up by a federal grand jury last month accuses Comey of lying during a Sept. 30, 2020, Senate Judiciary Committee hearing when he claimed he didn’t approve leaks to the media about the Trump probe and an unrelated investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Comey faces up to five years in prison if convicted on both counts. The grand jury declined to indict the former FBI boss on a second count of making a false statement.
Comey’s wife and daughters were among the spectators lined up outside of the federal courthouse in Alexandria ahead of the hearing — which will be presided over by US District Judge Michael Nachmanoff, appointed by former President Joe Biden.
