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The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

Former FBI Chief James Comey indicted again

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle

Politics, Washington, Congress, News, Ms Now, President, Versant Media, Policy, Msnbc, Versant, Government, Senate

4.43.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Trump’s Justice Department targets former FBI Director James Comey a second time after he’s indicted for alleged threats against the President. Then, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth prepares to go before Congress to make a case for the Pentagon’s $1.5 trillion budget request. Plus, a stunning move from the UAE as it annouces plans to leave OPEC. What this could mean for the global energy crisis triggered by war in Iran. Carol Leonnig, Jeff Mason, Leigh Ann Caldwell, Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling, Max Chafkin, Brendan Greeley, Charlie Sykes, and Teddy Schleifer join The 11th Hour this Tuesday night.

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0:00.0

Tonight, Trump's Justice Department targets James Comey again.

0:06.4

Former FBI director is indicted over a social media post that prosecutors say threaten

0:11.4

the president.

0:12.8

Then Defense Secretary Pete Hagseth gets ready to go before Congress to make a case for Trump's

0:18.2

$1.5 trillion budget request.

0:21.8

Plus, the key oil-producing nation

0:23.6

makes a move that could have a huge impact

0:26.2

on the global energy crisis triggered

0:28.0

at a war in Iran

0:29.4

as the 11th hour gets underway on this Tuesday night.

0:44.2

Good evening. Once again, I am Stephanie Ruhl, and today the Justice Department indicted former FBI director Jim Comey for the second time. These latest charges include

0:49.9

threatening the life of the president. They stem from a picture Comey posted last year, a picture of seashells on the beach that spelled

0:58.4

out 8647.

1:00.6

He quickly took down the image after receiving some backlash, saying he did not realize

1:04.8

that some folks associate those numbers with violence.

1:08.0

DOJ will now have to prove that it was intended as a threat. This afternoon,

1:12.7

acting attorney general and former Trump personal attorney, Todd Blanche, was asked about that

1:17.3

at a news conference on this incident. Watch this. Can you at least give us a sense of whether

1:23.7

you have hard evidence or evidence that shows that Mr. Comey intended for President Trump to be harmed,

1:31.0

and then secondarily, for critics who say, where does free speech end and an actual threat of violence begin?

1:41.8

I don't know what critics say that, especially today, but it's not a very difficult

1:47.2

line to look at, and it's not in my mind a difficult line for one to cross over one way or the other.

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