# Justice Department charges former FBI director James Comey for a third time

https://mins.news/en/item/116546

- The Guardian, 2026-10-26 22:17 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/26/james-comey-charged-doj

> The Justice Department charged former FBI director James Comey with two counts of leaking information related to national defense, alleging that he shared it in 2016 with a national news outlet in coordination with an unnamed person. Comey’s lawyers argue the case concerns a New York Times article already investigated and that the filing is time-barred and procedurally improper.

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