Former FBI Director James Comey Charged in D.C. With Transmitting National Defense Information

October 26, 2026

Sources

• Criminal information (corrected copy), ECF No. 1, filed Oct. 5, 2026: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.297297/gov.uscourts.dcd.297297.1.0.pdf
• Government’s motion to seal, ECF No. 3: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.297297/gov.uscourts.dcd.297297.3.0.pdf
• Comey’s motion to dismiss criminal information, ECF No. 11, filed Oct. 16, 2026: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.297297/gov.uscourts.dcd.297297.11.0.pdf
• Government’s response, ECF No. 12, filed Oct. 23, 2026: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.297297/gov.uscourts.dcd.297297.12.0.pdf (Exhibit 1: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.297297/gov.uscourts.dcd.297297.12.1.pdf)
• Memorandum order unsealing the case, ECF No. 14, signed Oct. 26, 2026: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.297297/gov.uscourts.dcd.297297.14.0.pdf
• Docket (CourtListener/RECAP mirror of PACER): https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/75021374/united-states-v-comey/
• Statute: 18 U.S.C. § 793: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section793&num=0&edition=prelim
• Earlier case, E.D.N.C.: DOJ release, April 28, 2026: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-grand-jury-indicts-former-fbi-director-james-comey-threats-harm-president-trump
• Earlier case, E.D. Va.: docket, No. 1:25-cr-00272: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459120/united-states-v-comey/