Former FBI Director James Comey indicted on charges sought by Trump Justice Department

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🗓️ 26 September 2025

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Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted.

USA TODAY National Correspondent Rick Jervis has the latest from Dallas after this week's shooting at an ICE facility.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth orders about 800 senior military leaders stationed around the world to come to a last-minute meeting in the U.S.

USA TODAY Congressional Reporter Zach Schermele takes a look at the White House's threat of mass firings as the clock ticks on avoiding a government shutdown.

A top Justice Department official reportedly directed several federal prosecutor offices to investigate George Soros' Open Society Foundations network.

Amazon will refund millions of Prime customers in a $2.5 billion FTC settlement.

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0:00.0	Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson. And today is Friday, September 26th, 2025. This is USA Today is the exit.
0:15.2	Today, what we know about the indictment of former FBI director, James Comey, plus the latest from Dallas after this week's shooting on an ice facility,
0:22.9	and the clock is ticking to avoid a government shutdown.
0:29.7	A federal grand jury has indicted former FBI director James Comey on charges of lying to Congress and obstruction.
0:36.9	Those allegations come after a years-long
0:38.9	tumultuous relationship with President Donald Trump, who fired Comey for investigating his 2016
0:43.8	campaign's contacts with Russia. The indictment centers on testimony made by Comey in September of 2020.
0:50.2	Prosecutors claim Comey falsely said that he had not authorized someone else at the FBI to be an anonymous source in news reports regarding an FBI investigation.
0:59.2	Much of Comey's testimony that day focused on the FBI's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election to benefit Trump.
1:07.4	Ultimately, special counsel Robert Mueller concluded there was not sufficient evidence that
1:11.4	the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia. Comey said on Instagram that his heart is broken for the
1:16.5	Department of Justice, but that he has great confidence in the federal judicial system. He added,
1:21.2	quote, I'm innocent, so let's have a trial and keep the faith my family and I have known for years,
1:26.3	unquote. Trump posted on truth social celebrating the indictment and calling Comey one of the worst human
1:31.6	beings this country has ever been exposed to. You can read more on usat today.com.
1:40.5	We're learning more about the shooting this week on a U.S. immigration and customs enforcement field office in Dallas.
1:46.3	Officials said the man who fatally shot one detainee and wounded two others had specifically intended to kill ice agents.
1:52.7	I spoke with USA Today, national correspondent Rick Jervis, for more from Dallas and how we still know little about the victims.
1:59.2	Rick, thank you so much for joining me.
2:00.7	Good to be here. So Rick, I talked about this on my show a little bit yesterday victims. Rick, thank you so much for joining me. Good to be here.
2:01.6	So Rick, I talked about this on my show a little bit yesterday morning.
2:03.6	I mean, what happened in this attack? What have we learned?
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