Jeffrez calls the indictment “the disgraceful attack on the rule of law”
The leader of the minority in the House of Representatives Hakim Jeffrez (DN.Y.) criticized the former director of the Federal Investigation Office James Komei as a “disgraceful attack on the rule of law” and argued that the criminal justice system “was” weapon with a weapon.
“James Komei’s accusation is a disgraceful attack on the rule of law. Donald Trump and Sycophants in the Ministry of Justice [DOJ] Jeffrez said in a statement on Thursday night.
The leader of the minority in the House of Representatives added: “The malicious claim against James Comey has no clear basis in the law or the truth, and the lawyer for a good conscience in the administration knows this.” “Anyone who colludes with this malicious corruption will face accountability.”
Kumi was accused on Thursday by the Federal Grand Persons on charges of making a false and obstructing action in Congress regarding his testimony before the Senate in 2020. The indictment, which was submitted by the American lawyer’s office to the Eastern Region in Virginia, days after President Trump invited to claim his political arguments. Komei can face up to five years in prison, according to the office.
The president celebrated the Kumi indictment, a long -term critic of the president.
“Justice in America! One of the worst humans offered by this country is James Kumi, the former president of the Federal Investigation Office,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, Trump wrote Thursday night on the truth.
In response, Kumi announced his innocence, adding that he is not “afraid.”
“My heart is broken to the Ministry of Justice, but I have great confidence in the federal judicial system. I am innocent. So let’s deal with a trial,” said the former FBI director in Instagram.
Komi hindered Congress by lying to the Senate Committee in 2020 while interrogating Trump’s investigations in 2016, according to the indictment.
The Ministry of Justice said on Thursday: “Kumei stated that a person at the FBI was not allowed to be an unknown source. According to the indictment, the statement was wrong.”
The indictment came days after Eric Separte, the American lawyer for the Eastern Region in Virginia, came from his position instead of accusing the New York Prosecutor Littia James (D). According to Sepit, there was not enough evidence to support the mortgage allegations against James.
Lindsey Halligan, former defense lawyer Trump, was chosen as a temporary alternative to Cyber. Halligan, who practiced the insurance law and did not attempt a federal case, signed the indictment against Kumei.
