Trump gets his Comey indictment

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/09/25/james-comey-grand-jury-indictment-trump

It is telling that the acting U.S. attorney with jurisdiction over the Comey matter, Erik S. Siebert, reportedly believed the evidence was insufficient. Trump forced him out last week and installed an inexperienced White House aide, Lindsey Halligan, to take his place. Career prosecutors presented Halligan with a memo laying out the concerns that dissuaded Siebert.

During the president’s first term, Attorney General William P. Barr appointed a special counsel, John Durham, to investigate the origins of the Russia probe. Two people Durham charged with making false statements to investigators were acquitted at trial.

Barr and Durham were the A-team. Those failed cases demonstrate the difficulty of proving lies in court, especially on politically charged subjects. Given Trump’s confessions of political motive and his firing of Siebert, the case might be hard to get to trial — much less yield a unanimous conviction.