Comey’s Indictment Subverts Justice: Barbara L. McQuade

Now that former FBI Director James Comey has been criminally indicted — just days before the expiration of the statute of limitations — it is fair to ask why.

Charges filed at the command of the president would seem to undermine the legitimacy of the Department of Justice. And maybe that’s the point. Regardless, it marks a sad, dark day for the rule of law.

A grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia charged Comeywith lying to Congress on Sept. 30, 2020. The two-count indictment alleges false statements and obstruction of justice, both apparently based on the same conduct: his denial that ...