Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corvac Coleman. A federal grand jury in Virginia has indicted

former FBI director James Comey on two criminal counts. These are linked to his congressional testimony

five years ago about the FBI investigation into Russian election interference. The criminal charges come

after President Trump publicly demanded that the Justice Department move against Comey quickly.

Comey says he is innocent, and he released a statement online.

My family and I have known for years that there are costs to standing up to Donald Trump,

but we couldn't imagine ourselves living any other way.

We will not live on our knees, and you shouldn't either.

Comey's son-in-law, Troy Edwards, is a prosecutor in the office that filed the charges against Comey.

Edwards has resigned.

Comey's daughter, Maureen Comey, also a federal prosecutor, is suing after the Justice Department

fired her.

President Trump has signed an executive action that he says will create a federal response to

domestic terrorism and political violence. Trump says federal agencies will examine what he insists

are the funders of groups that are considered threats. NPR's deepest shiverum has more.

Trump says the Justice Department, DHS, and Treasury

would be involved in the response to domestic terrorism and political violence

through a joint terrorism task force at the FBI.

He accused people who he said were rich members of the radical left

of providing funding to protesters.

These are anarchists and agitators, professional anarchists and agitators, and they get hired by wealthy people.

The comments came a day after a fatal shooting at an ice building in Dallas and the killing earlier

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