Trump’s Push to Jail James Comey Badly Undercut by Damning New Report

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

The New Republic

News, Politics

4.4 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

President Trump’s Justice Department is widely expected to indict former FBI director James Comey, someone the president has hated for years. Yet this push was just undermined when The New York Times reported a surprising turn of events: Career prosecutors reportedly informed DOJ political appointees that they have not been able to find evidence that would sustain a conviction. As the Times notes, a prosecutor handpicked by Trump is “racing” to secure an indictment anyway. And in a twisted rant about Comey, Trump exposed his animus and politicization of DOJ once again. All this may not stop the indictment. But it reveals just how sordid this has truly become, provides grounds to contest the prosecution later, and exposes Trump’s corruption of the justice system in a broader sense. We talked to Talking Points Memo editor-at-large David Kurtz, author of a great piece on this travesty. He explains the deeper states at play, the recourse we have, and why we need a whole new language to capture what’s really happening here. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:16.6	This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network. I'm your host, Greg Sargent. President Trump's lawlessness has just taken another turn for the worse. It's being widely
1:32.7	reported that Trump's Justice Department is likely to indict former FBI Director James Comey,
1:38.9	someone the president has hated for years. Yet this comes after career prosecutors reportedly informed DOJ political appointees
1:47.1	that they have not been able to find evidence that would sustain a conviction. This comes as
1:52.5	Trump unleashed a really corrupt tirade about James Comey and a second strange rant about right-wing
1:59.1	political violence that seemed to again absolve his
2:02.1	own side. And we also just learned that DOJ is looking for ways to launch a criminal investigation
2:08.1	of billionaire Democratic donor George Soros. How should Democrats and Liberals in the media
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