Trump Is Back on His Revenge Tour

And wielding the Justice Department for his retribution campaign.

By Danielle Han  |  September 26, 2025 | 4:27pm
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Trump Is Back on His Revenge Tour

Donald Trump is back to his old habits, and using his Justice Department for vengeance. On Thursday, former FBI Director James Comey, a longtime critic of Trump’s, was indicted on two felony counts: lying to Congress, and obstructing a congressional proceeding. A grand jury, unusually, rejected handing down a third charge. 

“The charges as alleged in this case represent a breach of the public trust at an extraordinary level,” Lindsey Halligan said in a statement following the indictment. Halligan, the most junior member of Trump’s personal legal team (who has no prosecutorial experience), was appointed just last week as interim attorney for Virginia’s eastern district. She replaced Erik Siebert, who had declined to bring charges against Comey. According to the Wall Street Journal, she’d “presented the case herself and was the only prosecutor to sign the indictment.” Normally, these filings are typically endorsed by other career prosecutors who helped gather the case’s evidence.

“JUSTICE IN AMERICA!” the president yelled on Truth Social following the announcement. “One of the worst human beings this Country has ever been exposed to is James Comey.” On Friday morning, he continued the gleeful tirade by calling Comey a “dirty cop.” 

About five years ago, Comey testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee about an FBI investigation into “Russiagate”—aka whether Russia interfered with the 2016 presidential election—and said he hadn’t authorized anyone in the FBI to leak any ongoing investigations. But Comey’s deputy, Andrew McCabe, testified otherwise, saying that Comey did authorize him to leak information. A subsequent report, however, found McCabe’s statements flawed and misleading. 

As of Thursday, Comey will be the first senior government official to face relevant federal charges for Russiagate.

The indictment comes a week after the president ramped up pressure on Attorney General Pam Bondi, telling her to go after on his political enemies, including Comey, Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Rambling on Truth Social, he whined: “They’re all guilty as hell.” Bondi has been hesitant to comply, seemingly in large part due to a lack of probable clause.

“My heart is broken for the Department of Justice, but I have great confidence in the federal judicial system that I’m innocent,” Comey said in an Instagram video posted Thursday night. “So let’s have a trial, and keep the faith.” He continued: “I hope instead you are engaged, you are paying attention, and you will vote like your beloved country depends upon on it, which it does.”

Meanwhile, Trump is preparing to further advance his retribution campaign. Speaking to a reporter on Friday, he said, “There will be others…These were corrupt radical left Democrats because Comey was essentially a—he’s worse than a Democrat.”

Well, Mr. President, I can guarantee you that there is a corrupt criminal in your midst. And I believe he’s standing right where you are.

 
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