Now what? Trump & allies ramp up threats of more prosecutions after Comey

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Trump celebrates the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, calling him a "dirty cop" and suggests that more indictments are on the way. Then, a shutdown looms as Congress struggles to come to a compromise on government funding as a shutdown looms. Plus, Trump announces new tariffs on trucks, furniture, and pharmaceuticals set to go in effect next week. Charles Coleman hosts as Tyler Pager, Barbara McQuade, Anthony Coley, Joel Payne, Ron Insana, Justin Wolfers, and Rick Wilson join The 11th Hour this Friday night.

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0:00.0	Good evening. I'm Charles Coleman Jr. in for Stephanie Rule tonight. It's day 250 of the second Trump administration, and we've got a lot to talk about on a very busy Friday.
0:17.6	Today, Donald Trump is openly celebrating the indictment of former FBI director James
0:22.6	Comey calling him a, quote, dirty cop and warning that more may be on the way. Meanwhile,
0:29.4	much of the country is wondering what will actually happen with this case and who could be next
0:34.4	on Trump's revenge tour. NBC's Laura Jarrett gets us started tonight.
0:40.2	Facing accusations he's carrying out a retaliation campaign after a federal grand jury
0:45.5	indicted former FBI director James Comey, President Trump today digging in.
0:50.9	It's about justice, really. It's not revenge. You can't let this go on. He's a dirty
0:55.4	cop. The president also suggesting the Justice Department's work may not be over when asked who's
1:01.5	next on his list of targets for prosecution. It's not a list, but I think there'll be others.
1:06.6	These were corrupt, radical left Democrats. There'll be others. Look, it was, that's my opinion.
1:12.9	Today, top Justice Department officials publicly defending the Comey indictment.
1:17.5	The FBI didn't just make up this charge. This is very serious conduct, and that's why we, that's why we investigated it.
1:24.4	The former FBI director maintaining his innocence, now facing criminal charges, notably not related
1:31.5	to the FBI's controversial opening of an investigation into the Trump campaign's dealings with Russia
1:37.6	ahead of the 2016 election, the issue that has long defined his fraught relationship with the president
1:43.5	and led to his abrupt firing.
1:45.8	I was going to fire Comey, knowing there was no good time to do it.
1:50.5	I said to myself, I said, you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story.
1:57.5	Instead, Comey indicted on two counts, obstruction and lying to Congress for allegedly
2:02.9	authorizing a leak to the press about the Clinton Foundation years earlier, the grand jury failing
2:09.4	to indict him on an additional charge of lying to Congress. My family and I have known for years
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