{"id":28588,"date":"2025-09-29T19:21:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=28588"},"modified":"2025-09-29T19:21:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:21:44","slug":"bondi-issues-new-statement-after-james-comey-indictment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=28588","title":{"rendered":"Bondi Issues New Statement After James Comey Indictment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"672\" data-end=\"847\">For years, one name haunted the political establishment \u2014 a man once praised as incorruptible, later accused of weaponizing the highest law enforcement agency in the nation.<\/p><div class=\"hxbwb69fee5100ed71\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.hxbwb69fee5100ed71 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.hxbwb69fee5100ed71 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.hxbwb69fee5100ed71 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.hxbwb69fee5100ed71 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.hxbwb69fee5100ed71 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-9\">\n<div id=\"usaunfiltered24.com_responsive_1\" data-google-query-id=\"CLeMn7nY_o8DFaMnBgAdsJwWTw\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/23293390090\/usaunfiltered24.com\/usaunfiltered24.com_responsive_1_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"849\" data-end=\"898\">Now, that same man faces a criminal indictment.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"900\" data-end=\"1036\">And in the hours after the news broke, a powerful message echoed across Fox News:\u00a0<em data-start=\"982\" data-end=\"1034\">\u201cThe weaponization of the legal system has ended.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"1038\" data-end=\"1227\">Those words came from Attorney General\u00a0<strong data-start=\"1077\" data-end=\"1090\">Pam Bondi<\/strong>, who appeared on\u00a0<em data-start=\"1108\" data-end=\"1117\">Hannity<\/em>\u00a0Friday night \u2014 a segment that instantly went viral, not only for her fiery tone but for what it symbolized.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\">\n<div id=\"usaunfiltered24.com_responsive_2\" data-google-query-id=\"CJPUoLnY_o8DFQ0kBgAdl68AZA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/23293390090\/usaunfiltered24.com\/usaunfiltered24.com_responsive_2_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"1229\" data-end=\"1371\">A turning point. A reckoning. The end of an era that had once placed former FBI Director\u00a0<strong data-start=\"1318\" data-end=\"1333\">James Comey<\/strong>\u00a0at the center of American politics.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\">\n<div id=\"usaunfiltered24.com_responsive_2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<hr data-start=\"1373\" data-end=\"1376\" \/>\n<h3 data-start=\"1378\" data-end=\"1411\">A Day That Shook Washington<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1413\" data-end=\"1526\">When the Justice Department confirmed the indictment Thursday afternoon, it sent shockwaves through Washington.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1528\" data-end=\"1689\">Comey \u2014 the man whose public image once rested on a reputation for integrity \u2014 now stood accused of\u00a0<strong data-start=\"1628\" data-end=\"1649\">lying to Congress<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong data-start=\"1654\" data-end=\"1686\">obstructing an investigation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-11\">\n<div 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data-end=\"2038\">Bondi\u2019s answer was blunt.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\"><\/div>\n<blockquote data-start=\"2040\" data-end=\"2176\">\n<p data-start=\"2042\" data-end=\"2176\">\u201cYou shouldn\u2019t be nervous any longer,\u201d she told Sean Hannity. \u201cBecause Donald Trump is in office \u2014 and the weaponization has ended.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"2178\" data-end=\"2212\">Her words cut through the noise.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"2214\" data-end=\"2217\" \/>\n<h3 data-start=\"2219\" data-end=\"2243\">A Line in the Sand<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2245\" data-end=\"2312\">Bondi\u2019s statement wasn\u2019t just a soundbite \u2014 it was a declaration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-8\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"2314\" data-end=\"2469\">For years, conservatives had accused the FBI and DOJ of becoming political weapons, targeting Trump and his allies while protecting the Washington elite.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2471\" data-end=\"2616\">Comey, who once led the FBI during some of the most divisive political investigations in modern history, had become a symbol of that imbalance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-9\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"2618\" data-end=\"2660\">Now, Bondi was promising accountability.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"2662\" data-end=\"2948\">\n<p data-start=\"2664\" data-end=\"2948\">\u201cWhether you\u2019re a former FBI director, whether you\u2019re a former head of an intel community, whether you\u2019re a current state or local elected official, whether you\u2019re a billionaire funding organizations to try to keep Donald Trump out of office \u2014 everything is on the table,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"2950\" data-end=\"3043\">Her message was clear: no one, not even a man who once ran the FBI, would be above the law.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\"><\/div>\n<hr data-start=\"3045\" data-end=\"3048\" \/>\n<h3 data-start=\"3050\" data-end=\"3079\">The Fall of James Comey<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"3081\" data-end=\"3156\">It\u2019s been almost a decade since Comey first dominated national headlines.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3158\" data-end=\"3368\">In 2016, he was the man who publicly reopened the investigation into Hillary Clinton\u2019s private email server just days before the presidential election \u2014 a move that infuriated Democrats and stunned the media.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-11\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"3370\" data-end=\"3588\">Months later, he became the man who helped ignite the Russia investigation, authorizing the use of the\u00a0<strong data-start=\"3473\" data-end=\"3491\">Steele dossier<\/strong>, a collection of unverified claims about then-candidate Donald Trump\u2019s alleged ties to Moscow.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3590\" data-end=\"3721\">That dossier, now widely discredited, became the backbone of\u00a0<strong data-start=\"3651\" data-end=\"3674\">Crossfire Hurricane<\/strong>, the FBI\u2019s 2016 probe into Trump\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-12\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"3723\" data-end=\"3821\">The investigation dragged on for years, damaging public trust and deepening the partisan divide.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3823\" data-end=\"4076\">When Trump fired Comey in May 2017, the political world erupted. His dismissal became the catalyst for the appointment of Special Counsel\u00a0<strong data-start=\"3961\" data-end=\"3979\">Robert Mueller<\/strong>, whose two-year investigation ended without charging Trump or any of his aides with collusion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-13\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"4078\" data-end=\"4213\">But the damage was done \u2014 and Comey\u2019s name became forever linked to one of the most controversial chapters in U.S. political history.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"4215\" data-end=\"4218\" \/>\n<h3 data-start=\"4220\" data-end=\"4240\">The Indictment<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"4242\" data-end=\"4320\">According to the indictment filed Thursday, Comey faces two federal charges:<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-14\"><\/div>\n<ul data-start=\"4322\" data-end=\"4469\">\n<li data-start=\"4322\" data-end=\"4403\">\n<p data-start=\"4324\" data-end=\"4403\"><strong data-start=\"4324\" data-end=\"4365\">One count of making a false statement<\/strong>within the jurisdiction of Congress<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"4404\" data-end=\"4469\">\n<p data-start=\"4406\" data-end=\"4469\"><strong data-start=\"4406\" data-end=\"4434\">One count of obstruction<\/strong>\u00a0of a congressional investigation<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"4471\" data-end=\"4675\">Prosecutors allege that Comey lied under oath when he claimed during a 2020 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that he had not authorized anyone at the FBI to act as an anonymous source for media leaks.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4677\" data-end=\"4874\">They also accuse him of obstructing a congressional inquiry into the origins of the Russia investigation by concealing evidence and misleading lawmakers about the FBI\u2019s use of the Steele dossier.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-15\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"4876\" data-end=\"4942\">If convicted, Comey could face up to 10 years in federal prison.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4944\" data-end=\"5074\">But beyond the legal implications, the indictment has reignited a national debate \u2014 one that stretches far beyond the courtroom.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-16\"><\/div>\n<hr data-start=\"5076\" data-end=\"5079\" \/>\n<h3 data-start=\"5081\" data-end=\"5116\">\u201cThe Weaponization Has Ended\u201d<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"5118\" data-end=\"5219\">To Bondi, the indictment represented more than a criminal case \u2014 it represented a moral correction.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"5221\" data-end=\"5360\">\n<p data-start=\"5223\" data-end=\"5360\">\u201cWe will investigate you, and we will end the weaponization,\u201d she told Hannity. \u201cNo longer will there be a two-tier system of justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-start=\"5362\" data-end=\"5547\">\n<p data-start=\"5364\" data-end=\"5547\">\u201cWe are working hand-in-hand \u2014 Director Kash Patel, Todd Blanche, DNI Tulsi Gabbard, CIA Director John Radcliffe \u2014 going non-stop around the clock. People will be held accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"5549\" data-end=\"5644\">It was a rare moment of unity among the Trump administration\u2019s top law enforcement officials.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-17\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"5646\" data-end=\"5881\">Each had played a role in unraveling the complex web of investigations that had once targeted the president \u2014 from Patel\u2019s work uncovering suppressed FBI records to Gabbard\u2019s recent declassification of Obama-era intelligence reports.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5883\" data-end=\"5980\">Now, that same team was turning the spotlight back on the agencies that once investigated them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-18\"><\/div>\n<hr data-start=\"5982\" data-end=\"5985\" \/>\n<h3 data-start=\"5987\" data-end=\"6021\">\u201cBurn Bags\u201d and Hidden Files<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"6023\" data-end=\"6118\">Just weeks before the indictment, FBI Director\u00a0<strong data-start=\"6070\" data-end=\"6084\">Kash Patel<\/strong>\u00a0had made a startling discovery.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6120\" data-end=\"6263\">Inside the bureau\u2019s Washington headquarters, agents found several\u00a0<strong data-start=\"6186\" data-end=\"6201\">\u201cburn bags\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 containers typically used to destroy sensitive materials.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-19\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"6265\" data-end=\"6291\">But these weren\u2019t empty.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6293\" data-end=\"6505\">Inside were thousands of pages of documents tied to\u00a0<strong data-start=\"6345\" data-end=\"6368\">Crossfire Hurricane<\/strong>, including internal memos, classified annexes, and even intelligence reports that had never been shared with the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-20\"><\/div>\n<blockquote data-start=\"6507\" data-end=\"6627\">\n<p data-start=\"6509\" data-end=\"6627\">\u201cWe just uncovered burn bags filled with hidden Russiagate files,\u201d Patel wrote on X. \u201cThey were buried \u2014 literally.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"6629\" data-end=\"6828\">Among the documents, Patel said, was a\u00a0<strong data-start=\"6668\" data-end=\"6688\">classified annex<\/strong>\u00a0to Special Counsel\u00a0<strong data-start=\"6708\" data-end=\"6738\">John Durham\u2019s final report<\/strong>, which further discredited many of the claims used to justify the Russia investigation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6830\" data-end=\"7007\">That annex, Patel claimed, contained proof that senior FBI officials had knowingly used false intelligence to obtain surveillance warrants against members of Trump\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-21\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"7009\" data-end=\"7114\">The discovery reportedly accelerated the Justice Department\u2019s decision to bring the case against Comey.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"7116\" data-end=\"7119\" \/>\n<h3 data-start=\"7121\" data-end=\"7156\">The Allegations Against Comey<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"7158\" data-end=\"7404\">The indictment centers around Comey\u2019s 2020 Senate testimony, during which he told lawmakers he was unaware of any internal problems with the Steele dossier and claimed he \u201cdid not authorize\u201d anyone to leak information from the FBI to the media.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-22\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"7406\" data-end=\"7459\">Prosecutors allege that both statements were false.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"7461\" data-end=\"7700\">Court documents show that Comey not only received multiple internal warnings about the dossier\u2019s lack of credibility but that he had personally approved at least one FBI official to serve as an anonymous source for several media outlets.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-23\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"7702\" data-end=\"7939\">The indictment cites internal communications from 2016 showing that Comey had been briefed on the political origins of the Steele dossier \u2014 specifically, that it was funded by the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"7941\" data-end=\"8092\">Despite that knowledge, prosecutors allege, Comey allowed the FBI to continue using the dossier to justify surveillance of Trump adviser Carter Page.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-24\"><\/div>\n<hr data-start=\"8094\" data-end=\"8097\" \/>\n<h3 data-start=\"8099\" data-end=\"8135\">From Investigator to Defendant<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"8137\" data-end=\"8193\">For Comey, the legal battle marks a stunning reversal.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"8195\" data-end=\"8281\">He was once the man leading investigations.<br data-start=\"8238\" data-end=\"8241\" \/>Now, he is the one being investigated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-25\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"8283\" data-end=\"8408\">It\u2019s a fall that many conservatives view as poetic justice \u2014 the closing of a long and bitter chapter in American 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That era is over.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"8579\" data-end=\"8775\">The indictment of Comey also casts a long shadow over the Justice Department itself, forcing a new wave of scrutiny over how the FBI operated during the final months of the Obama administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For years, one name haunted the political establishment \u2014 a man once praised as incorruptible, later accused of weaponizing the highest law enforcement agency in the nation. Now, that same man faces a criminal indictment. 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