The Trump Justice Department has indicted James Comey three times.

Posted by The Parnas Perspective, Oct 26, 2026Checked Nov 2, 2026

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Sources: 4 contradict6 support
Said: 1 time·
Confidence: 70%

The Parnas PerspectiveOct 26, 2026

Comey has faced three federal criminal cases from the Trump Justice Department, including the October 2026 case, so the 'third time' part is supported. But the third case is a criminal information, not a grand jury indictment, and NBC and BBC state he has not been indicted in it, so the claim that DOJ 'indicted' him three times is contradicted.

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… Today, Donald Trump suffered a big loss in court. A federal judge reinstated Maureen Comey, the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, who was unlawfully fired in the Southern District of New York. And what does the Trump Justice Department do? They turn around and indict Jim Comey for a third time. They're back again. It would almost be funny if it weren't such an appalling abuse of the Department of Justice, one that we cannot become numb to. Nothing's changed with me. I'm still innocent. I'm still not afraid of these people. …

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What we found

Contradicts. The third case was filed as a criminal information, not a grand jury indictment, and NBC states Comey 'has not been indicted in the case.' So the claim that DOJ indicted him three times is wrong on the mechanism for the latest case.[4][5][6][7]

Supports. Reuters, NPR, PBS and others report that this October 2026 case is the third time the Justice Department has moved to charge Comey, after the 2025 case and the April 2026 seashell indictment.[1][8][9][10]

Supports. The April 2026 seashell case was a grand jury indictment on threats charges, which is one of the indictments the claim relies on.[2][3]

Context. Comey's lawyers have moved to dismiss the new case as time-barred, arguing a criminal information cannot substitute for an indictment, and the Justice Department says it filed the information to stop the statute of limitations running.[1][6][7]

Sources

10 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 1 tier 1, 3 tier 2, 3 not rated

1Ex-FBI chief Comey faces third prosecution attempt by Trump Justice Departmentreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
2Ex-FBI Director Comey indicted again, in a probe over an online post officials call a Trump threatapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
3Federal Grand Jury Indicts Former FBI Director James Comey ...justice.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
4Ex-FBI chief James Comey faces federal charges for third time - BBCbbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: contradicts
5James Comey charged for a third time by the Trump administrationnbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: contradicts
6James Comey charged for third time by Trump administrationnbcdfw.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
7Justice Department charges James Comey, ex-FBI director, for a third timeinquirer.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
8DOJ attempting to prosecute former FBI Director James ...npr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
9Trump administration charges former FBI Director James Comey for the third timepbs.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
10Ex-FBI Director James Comey charged in third criminal case from Trump adminrmb.reuters.com · not rated · cited for: supports

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