James Comey is facing charges of unlawfully possessing, accessing, controlling, and disseminating national defense information to a journalist.
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The Parnas PerspectiveOct 26, 2026
Multiple tier-1 and tier-2 sources (Reuters, AP, NBC, Forbes, HuffPost) report that the Justice Department charged Comey with transmitting and conspiring to transmit national defense information to a New York Times reporter, so he faces charges tied to national defense information shared with a journalist as of 2026-10-26.
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… The next couple years are going to be hard for all of us. It's really important that we stand straight and keep the faith in America. What charges are he's facing now? He's facing unlawfully possessing, accessing, controlling, and disseminating national defense information, classified information, essentially to a journalist. And before we get to the Amy Acton interview, do you want to just briefly note that we are living in what many of our people are calling end stage idiocracy? …
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Supports. Reuters reports the Justice Department filed a criminal information charging Comey with transmitting and conspiring to transmit national defense information, alleging he shared classified information with a New York Times reporter in October 2016.[1]
Supports. AP reports the Trump administration is attempting to prosecute Comey over an alleged decade-old leak of classified information, with the allegations revealed in unsealed court documents on Monday, October 26.[2]
Supports. NBC News reports federal prosecutors charged Comey with transmission of national defense information and conspiracy to transmit it, stemming from an October 5, 2016 New York Times article; he has not been indicted in the case.[3]
Supports. Forbes and HuffPost both report the Justice Department alleges Comey directed disclosure of national defense information to a reporter, with charges under the Espionage Act.[4][5]
Context. The charges are brought by criminal information rather than grand jury indictment, and Comey's lawyers have moved to dismiss the case as legally improper; the sources do not specifically address possession or access charges.[1][3][6]
Sources
6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 3 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1Ex-FBI chief Comey faces third prosecution attempt by Trump Justice Departmentreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2prosecute James Comey - Trump administrationapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3James Comey charged for a third time by the Trump administrationnbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 4Ex-FBI Director James Comey Charged With Mishandling National Defense Informationforbes.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5Trump's Justice Department Charges James Comey For ...huffpost.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 6James Comey charged with leaking national defense ...washingtonexaminer.com · not rated · cited for: context
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