James Comey has been indicted three times.
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The Parnas PerspectiveOct 26, 2026
The claim that Comey has been indicted three times is contradicted: the third federal case is a criminal information, not a grand jury indictment, and reporting through Oct 31 says he had not been indicted in it. The post's 'indicted... a third time this evening' matches the claim, so the claim faithfully reflects the post.
What was said
… minority voters, everyone the president and this White House don't want them to comes as Pete Hagseth is looking for a way out, facing the possibility, the likely possibility, of impeachment. He is now looking for a new job, senator of Tennessee. James Comey, the former FBI director, has been indicted, not once, not twice, before a third time this evening, as the Trump administration ramps up attacks against political opponents. And while the Trump administration isn't able to win in court when it comes to their voter fraud claims, so what do they do? …
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Contradicts. NBC News reports that Comey 'hasn't been indicted in the latest case' and that the charge was a criminal information filed by prosecutors, not a grand jury indictment.[4]
Contradicts. The AP reports that the third case is a 'placeholder' criminal case, that the Justice Department was still trying to obtain an indictment, and that grand juries have repeatedly rejected such requests in the capital.[1]
Contradicts. The Washington Post and BBC report that prosecutors used a criminal information rather than a grand jury indictment, and that an indictment would still be needed to proceed.[5][6]
Contradicts. Only one indictment is documented in the sources as a formal grand jury indictment of Comey: the April 28, 2026 threats indictment in North Carolina. The 2025 cases are described as charges, not as a third indictment.[3][7]
Context. Reuters and CNBC describe the new case as a third federal charge or prosecution, which is the source of the 'third time' framing, but neither says it is an indictment.[2][8]
Sources
8 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 2 tier 2, 1 tier 1, 2 not rated
- 1Judge puts off decision in Comey case as prosecutors pursue new indictment against ex-FBI headapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2Ex-FBI chief Comey faces third prosecution attempt by Trump Justice Departmentreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Federal Grand Jury Indicts Former FBI Director James Comey ...justice.gov · primary source · cited for: contradicts
- 4James Comey charged for a third time by the Trump administrationnbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: contradicts
- 5Judge weighs whether Justice Dept. violated statute in ...washingtonpost.com · tier 2 · cited for: contradicts
- 6Ex-FBI chief James Comey faces federal charges for third ...bbc.co.uk · tier 1 · cited for: contradicts
- 7Ex-FBI Director James Comey charged in third criminal case from Trump adminrmb.reuters.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 8DOJ charges ex-FBI Director James Comey in new casecnbc.com · not rated · cited for: context
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