Judge in James Comey case is revealed as Trump’s explosive threat to enemies that splits America in two: Live updates

US District Judge Michael Nachmanoff, a 2021 appointee of President Joe Biden, was randomly assigned to James Comey’s case.

Comey is scheduled to appear in Nachmanoff’s courtroom for his arraignment hearing on October 9.

Earlier this year, Nachmanoff let the CIA fire a doctor who pushed for mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for the military,’ Politico reported.

Before his 52-46 Senate confirmation, Nachmanoff served as a magistrate judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia from 2015 to 2021.

During his time as a magistrate judge, he presided over the 2019 arraignment of two associates of Rudy Giuliani, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, who were charged with campaign finance violations. He released them on a $1 million bond.

Before that, he spent over a decade working in the federal public defender’s office.

He received his bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University and his law degree from the University of Virginia.

Former FBI director James Comey faces up to five years in prison if he is convicted of charges of lying to Congress.

He was indicted on Thursday on charges of making a false statement and obstruction relating to his oral testimony before the US Senate Judiciary Committee on September 30, 2020.

The US Attorney’s Office noted that actual sentences for federal crimes are typically less than the maximum penalties.

A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the US Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries scolded Donald Trump for attending the Ryder Cup on Friday amid a looming government shut down.

The president departed the White House for a day trip to New York for the joint U.S. and European golf competition.

‘Donald Trump: Get back to Washington DC,’ Jeffries demanded during a press conference on Friday.

‘Why are you at a golf event right now and the government is four days away from closing?,’ the Democratic congressman questioned. “That’s outrageous. And it speaks to the fact that these extremists could care less about the health, safety, and economic wellbeing of the American people.’

‘They’re on vacation right now.’

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough claimed Donald Trump’s effort to indicted James Comey has actually turned the former FBI director into a martyr.

‘You do this, you turn the person you hate into a martyr. You make them bigger than ever,’ he said.

‘That will be the first line in his obituary — that he was an FBI director, but that he became a martyr because a president said on social media to an attorney general, “Go and arrest this guy.”

‘Now the world looks at James Comey, and they see that he’s a political and a legal martyr. Nobody thought that way yesterday, but they sure as hell are going to think that way today and tomorrow and into the future.’

The president headed back to the airport after spending a few hours at the Ryder Cup gold tournament on Long Island.

The US trailed Europe when the president left, according to the Associated Press.

He’s scheduled to return to Washington.

The president attended a Friday afternoon session of the Ryder Cup gold tournament at the Bethpage Black Golf Course in Farmingdale, New York.

Donald Trump insisted that the Comey indictment is ‘not revenge’ while claiming Democrats went after him for years.

‘Well, that’s what they tried to do, right? They did it with me for four years, they went after me,’ Trump told reporters.

He added, ‘It is about justice. Not revenge. It is about justice. They are sick, radical left people. And they can’t get away with it.’

Donald Trump arrived at the Ryder Cup and stood between the 1st tee and the 18th hole, near the bottom of the grandstand.

Four fighter jets flew over as a firefighter sang the National Anthem.

The crowd also chanted ‘Donald Trump!’

Court document show her lawyers claimed siding with the Trump administration would ‘eviscerate’ the Fed’s independence.

They argued that the ‘bottom line’ is there must be ‘some meaningful check’ on Trump’s ability to remove her, or else any president could remove any governor over any allegation of wrongdoing, ‘however flawed.’

‘That regime is not what Congress envisioned when it protected the Federal Reserve Board from presidential control,’ her lawyers said.

‘That regime is not what this Court envisioned when it went out of its way to single out the Board as a unique institution with a unique history of independence. And granting the President’s request for immediate relief to alter the status quo would sound the death knell for the central-bank independence that has helped make the United States’ economy the strongest in the world.’

Donald Trump and his granddaughter Kai flew from the White House to Long Island to attend the Ryder Cup golf tournament.

The White House shared photos of their departure, captioning the post, ‘Kai Trump and Grandpa head to the Ryder Cup.’

Democrats are demanding that Attorney General Pam Bondi answer for the ouster of Donald Trump’s first pick to lead the U.S. Attorney’s office for Eastern District of Virginia.

The Senate Judiciary Committee’s minority members are worried that the Justice Department is being weaponized to go after the president’s political enemies with the latest indictment of former FBI Director James Comey.

Ranking Member Dick Durbin penned a letter sent to Bondi on Friday demanding the DOJ turn over any communication ‘concerning the investigations of Attorney General Letitia James, Tom Homan, James Comey, current Members of Congress, or former Administration officials.’

‘While DOJ wastes resources chasing President Trump’s petty grievances, it is gaining the dubious reputation of pursuing cases with insufficient evidence and covering up reported corruption and criminal wrongdoing by the President’s supporters, donors, and Administration officials,’ the letter reads.

Senator Ted Cruz reacted to the indictment of former FBI boss James Comey.

‘James Comey was not indicted because Donald Trump doesn’t like him,’ he said on X.

‘Comey demonstrated complete arrogance and unwillingness to comply with the law.’

Former FBI Director James Comey lashed out at Donald Trump, calling him ‘a tyrant’ and challenging him to a trial after the president’s DOJ indicted him.

‘Somebody that I love dearly recently said that fear is the tool of a tyrant and she’s right but I’m not afraid and I hope you’re not either,’ Comey said on Instagram.

‘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.

‘I hope instead you’re engaged, you’re paying attention and you will vote like your beloved country depends on it, which it does,’ he continued.

‘My heart is broken for the Department of Justice but I have great confidence in the federal judicial system. I’m innocent, so let’s have a trial and keep the faith.’

Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan for the Eastern District of Virginia forged ahead with convening a grand jury against former FBI Director James Comey, despite having little to no support from Attorney General Pam Bondi’s team.

She was forced to argue the case alone to the grand jury, a person familiar with the matter confirmed.

The isolation was deliberate. An administration insider told the Daily Mail that Bondi wanted nothing to do with the Comey case – the DOJ didn’t believe Halligan could secure an indictment.

When proven wrong on Thursday, the source claimed the DOJ wanted to ‘come in as the hero.’

Former federal prosecutor Maurene Comey sued the Trump administration earlier this month to get her job back, saying her firing was for political reasons and was unconstitutional.

Comey was infamously fired in July without warning after she somehow bungled the case against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.

Her lawsuit in Manhattan federal court blamed the firing on the fact that her father is James Comey, the former FBI director who Trump fired in 2017, ‘or because of her perceived political affiliation and beliefs, or both.’

The Commander-in-Chief jetted from DC to Republic Airport in Farmingdale, New York alongside his granddaughter and fellow golfer Kai.

He arrived at Bethpage Black around midday and was given a raucous reception from fans there.

Mark Halperin reveals chilling texts from Trump aides prove he is more ruthless than ever.

After James Comey was indicted on charges of lying to Congress, Donald Trump hinted that others could be next to face criminal prosecution.

Although he did not mention any specific names on Friday, the president noted, ‘It’s not a list, but I think there’ll be others.’

On Thursday, Trump directed his administration to crack down on backers of what it described as ‘left-wing terrorism.’

When pressed by a reporter to name any possible targets, he suggested two of the Democratic Party’s top donors – billionaires George Soros and Reid Hoffman.

‘Soros is a name certainly that I keep hearing. I don’t know,’ he said. ‘I hear names of some pretty rich people that are radical left people. Maybe I hear about a guy named Reid Hoffman, pretty rich guy I guess.’

Hoffman is a regular funder of progressive and mainstream Democratic causes, including writer E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuits against Trump that alleged he sexually assaulted and then defamed her.

Soros has long been a target of conservatives due to his progressive advocacy and funding of liberal causes.

Former FBI director James Comey is scheduled to appear in court for his arraignment hearing on October 9 at 10am ET.

He will appear before Judge Michael Nachmanoff inside Alexandria Courtroom 600 at the US District Court in Virginia.

Comey is expected to turn himself in today after he was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of lying to Congress.

Donald Trump and his granddaughter arrived to a raucous reception at the Ryder Cup Friday morning after leaving tournament organizers on high alert amid a wave of fresh security fears surrounding his appearance at the prestigious golfing event.

Less than a week after the memorial for his close political ally Charlie Kirk, the president defiantly stepped into the limelight once again as he arrived at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York.

The Republican, 79, has refused to be cowed in the wake of the death of the political commentator, who was shot dead at 31 during a Q&A session at Utah Valley University, ramping up his public appearances instead of scaling them back.

James Comey was nominated as the FBI director in 2013 by Former President Barack Obama and remained in office when Donald Trump began his first term.

However, he was fired by Trump in 2017 amid an investigation into Russian election interference.

Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller investigated the firing as a potential act of obstruction of justice.

After being let go, Comey authorized a close friend to share with a reporter the substance of an unclassified memo that documented an Oval Office request from Trump to shut down an FBI investigation into his first national security adviser, Michael Flynn.

Trump and his allies later branded Comey a leaker, with the president even accusing him of treason.

In 2018, Comey described Trump as a mafia don, unethical and ‘untethered to truth’ in his memoir.

The two have antagonized each other over the years, with Trump repeatedly claiming that Comey should face charges for ‘treason’ – an accusation Comey dismissed as ‘dumb lies’ – and calling him an ‘untruthful slime ball.’

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called James Comey’s indictment ‘disgraceful’ and weaponization of the justice department.

‘The indictment of James Comey is a disgraceful attack on the rule of law. Donald Trump and his sycophants in the Department of Justice are completely and totally out of control, and have viciously weaponized the criminal justice system against their perceived adversaries,’ he said in a statement.

‘The malicious prosecution against James Comey has no apparent basis in law or fact, and lawyers of good conscience in the department know it. Anyone complicit in this malignant corruption will face accountability.’

On May 15, 2025, Comey posted a photo on Instagram showing seashells arranged to form the message, ‘8647.’ He captioned the image with: ‘Cool shell formation on my beach walk’.

It was deleted just hours later after Trump allies interpreted it as a code calling for the 47th president’s assassination. The service industry slang to ’86’ something is to get rid of it.

Comey insisted he was unaware of any political meaning and said he opposed violence.

But DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced Secret Service launched an investigation and the former FBI Director voluntarily sat for an hour-long interview with the president’s protective detail.

Donald Trump has arrived on Long Island for the Ryder Cup golf tournament.

He was greeted by Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman on the tarmac at Republic Airport in Farmingdale.

The crowd reportedly cheered as the president’s plane passed low over the golf course and chanted ‘USA! USA! USA!’

Former FBI director James Comey was indicted on charges of making false statements and obstruction of justice on Thursday.

The charges for Comey were related to his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 30, 2020 over Crossfire Hurricane – the codename for the Trump-Russia investigation.

In addition to the two charges, the grand jury declined to indict Comey on a third count, an additional charge of making false statements, court documents showed.

In September 2020, Comey was brought before Congress to discuss Crossfire Hurricane.

He is accused of having lied to the committee when asked whether he had authorized anyone else at the FBI to be an anonymous source of information related to investigations into either Trump or into Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

James Comey’s son-in-law, Troy Edwards, resigned as a federal prosecutor just minutes after the former FBI boss was indicted.

Edwards quit his job ‘to uphold my oath to the Constitution and the country,’ he wrote in a one-sentence resignation letter addressed to Lindsey Halligan, the newly appointed acting US Attorney in Virginia’s Eastern District, whose office charged Comey.

Edwards was the deputy chief of the National Security Section, a prestigious role in a US attorney´s office that covers the Pentagon and CIA headquarters, handling some of the highest-profile espionage cases.

He was on the team of prosecutors who convicted Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes of orchestrating a violent plot to storm the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, to keep President Donald Trump in the White House after he lost the 2020 election.

FBI Director Kash Patel denied that the investigation into James Comey was politically motivated.

‘Career FBI agents, intel analysts, and staff led the investigation into Comey and others. They called the balls and strikes and will continue to do so,’ he said on X.

‘The wildly false accusations attacking this FBI for the politicization of law enforcement comes from the same bankrupt media that sold the world on Russia Gate- it’s hypocrisy on steroids.

‘Their baseless objections tell us now, more than ever, that we are precisely over the target and will remain on mission until completion.’

Top Democrat Dick Durbin raged against the ‘politically corrupt’ indictment of former FBI Director James Comey.

‘The Department of Justice has become a political tool of a vengeful President,’ said the Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member.

Durbin added in a statement: ‘President Trump wears his corruption like a badge of honor and defies anyone daring to challenge him. The Attorney General willingly complies with every order from the White House.’

‘Is there one Republican left in Washington who gives a damn?’ he questioned.

Lindsey Halligan, 36, a former beauty queen, is an emerging MAGA star and was appointed US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after her predecessor Erik Siebert was ousted last week.

She promptly filed charges against Comey as the prosecution’s case against Comey was nearing a statute of limitations that would have expired next Tuesday, according to The New York Times.

Halligan, whose parents worked in healthcare, went to a private Catholic school in Broomfield, Colorado, where she was a basketball and softball star.

She went on to study politics and broadcast journalism at Regis University, a Jesuit college in Denver, which was also attended by Erika Kirk, the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated on September 10.

Halligan competed twice in Miss Colorado USA, making the semi-finals in 2009 and finishing fourth in 2010.

At the time, Trump co-owned the Miss Universe organization, which ran the pageants.

Later, she graduated from the University of Miami with a law degree and served in the city’s public defender’s office, before working on insurance cases as a partner in a private firm.

In late 2021 she went straight from a court case to an event at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Joy Behar shocked The View‘s panelists as she said she agreed with the president’s targeting of James Comey.

The TV host, a staunch critic of Donald Trump, said she sided with him because of how the former FBI boss had treated Hillary Clinton.

‘You know, I don’t like Comey. I agree with Trump on this one… I don’t like what he did to Hillary,’ Behar said on Thursday.

Behar was referencing Comey’s release of a letter on Clinton‘s use of a personal email server as Secretary of State right before the 2016 presidential elections. The scandal helped swing that year’s presidential election in Trump’s favor.

Former FBI Director James Comey lashed out at Donald Trump, calling him ‘a tyrant’ and challenging him to a trial after the president’s DOJ indicted him.

Comey defiantly stated he’s ‘not afraid’ and promised his family would ‘not live on our knees’ as he prepared to surrender Friday morning on the charges against him.

‘Somebody that I love dearly recently said that fear is the tool of a tyrant and she’s right but I’m not afraid and I hope you’re not either,’ Comey said on Instagram.

‘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.’

President Donald Trump spoke to reporters on his way to the Ryder Cup golf tournament with his granddaughter Kai.

The president said Comey’s indictment was about ‘justice,’ describing the former FBI director as a ‘dirty cop.’

‘It is about justice. Not revenge. It is about justice,’ he said, adding, ‘They are sick, radical left people. And they can’t get away with it.’

‘He is a dirty cop. He has always been a dirty cop,’ he said. ‘Everybody knew it.’

Trump said it was a ‘pretty easy case’ against Comey, pointing out that the former FBI director lied under oath.

‘He lied. He lied a lot but this was a very important thing. He could have said maybe or I don’t remember. He didn’t say that. He gave a very specific answer and then he verified it numerous times and he got caught,’ he said.

The president denied he had a ‘list’ of people he wanted to see indicted, but asserted ‘there will be others.’

He indicated that Comey was one of the worst offenders of using the Justice Department for politicalization.

‘Comey essentially is worse than a Democrat. I would say the Democrats are better than Comey,’ Trump said.