Press Conference

U.S. Department of Justice · April 29, 2026

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Attorney General announces indictment and thanks investigators

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The attorney general announced that a grand jury in the Eastern District of North Carolina returned a two-count indictment charging James Comey with (1) knowingly and willfully making a threat to take the life of and inflict bodily harm on the president and (2) transmitting a communication containing a threat in interstate commerce, both alleged to have occurred on or about May 15; each count carries a maximum prison term of 10 years. He thanked FBI investigators, the U.S. Secret Service and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina (led by Ellis Boyle).

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The U.S. Department of Justice announced that a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of North Carolina returned a two-count indictment charging former FBI director James Comey with threatening the president; DOJ and FBI officials answered reporters' questions about charges, timing and evidence.

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