# Ex-FBI chief James Comey faces federal charges for third time

https://mins.news/en/video/116700

- BBC News, 2026-10-27 01:45 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGEz6M1P1dY

> US federal prosecutors have taken steps to charge former FBI Director James Comey with leaking national defence information. It is the Justice Department’s third attempt to bring criminal charges against the long-time critic of US President Donald Trump. His lawyers say the case concerns an alleged disclosure.

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