Trump DOJ indicts former FBI director James Comey

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

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🗓️ 26 September 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Former FBI director James Comey responds to his Trump DOJ indictment: “I’m innocent. So let’s have a trial.” Andrew Weissmann, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Rep. Daniel Goldman, Barbara McQuade, and Ken Dilanian join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	The last word with Lawrence O'Donnell starts right now. Hey, Lawrence.
0:04.6	Hey, Jen. We're going to continue the breaking news coverage of the Comey indictment during this hour.
0:10.4	It is a turn that is unlike anything we've ever seen prior to the era of Donald Trump.
0:17.7	No question about it. Looking forward to watching your coverage.
0:22.5	Thanks, Jen. Thank you.
0:31.8	Well, now the phrase trumped up charges has new meaning. Donald Trump has delivered what is literally the thinnest federal indictment you will ever see. It amounts to two pages only because the two counts,
0:42.2	so-called, in this thin indictment, are the same count, the same so-called crime, which we will
0:50.3	show you in a moment, James Comey's testimony to the Senate.
1:04.6	And so they use that same sentence that James Comey gave in his testimony to create these two different so-called counts. The first count is what this indictment calls that he made materially false and fictitious fraudulent statement
1:15.0	to the United States Senate. That is not something that Donald Trump's, Donald Trump has
1:21.3	ever taken seriously before now. And then they use that same so-called false statement to constitute an obstruction charge, obstruction of the United States Senate.
1:32.3	That's what this indictment is.
1:34.0	We've literally never seen anything like it in any way.
1:37.2	Either one of those counts.
1:39.7	James Comey responded to the indictment tonight with this video.
1:47.0	My family and I have known for years that there are costs to standing up to Donald Trump,
1:55.0	but we couldn't imagine ourselves living any other way. We will not live on our knees, and you shouldn't either. Somebody that I
2:04.3	love dearly recently said that fear is the tool of a tyrant, and she's right, but I'm not
2:12.1	afraid, and I hope you're not either. I hope instead you are engaged.
2:25.1	You are paying attention and you will vote like your beloved country depends upon it, which it does.
2:34.3	My heart is broken for the Department of Justice, but I have great confidence in the federal judicial system, and I'm innocent.
2:38.2	So let's have a trial and keep the faith.
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