Trump’s Comey Case Crumbles After Bombshell Leak

Prosecutors admit their star witness could destroy Trump’s political revenge trial against the former FBI chief.

Federal prosecutors have quietly admitted that their case against former FBI Director James Comey is collapsing—thanks to a key witness who refused to play along.

According to a damaging leak from within the Department of Justice, investigators told colleagues that testimony from Columbia law professor Daniel Richman—once expected to bolster the prosecution—would actually “cripple” their case. Richman has insisted that Comey never authorized him to leak anything to the press.

Yet Trump-appointed prosecutors moved ahead anyway, charging Comey with allegedly lying to Congress about the so-called “Comey Memos” and their handling during the Russia probe.

“This is not about justice—it’s about revenge,” one former DOJ official told MSNBC. “They’re twisting the system to serve Trump’s political grudges.”

The Trump Connection

Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan, a loyalist personally handpicked by President Trump after he pressured out her predecessor, is leading the prosecution.

Her office has reportedly ignored repeated warnings—even from her own deputies—that the case is “paper-thin.” Sources say one senior prosecutor told Halligan it would be “career suicide” to rely on Richman’s testimony.

But Halligan pressed forward anyway, asking a Virginia grand jury to indict Comey—widely seen as the president’s ultimate nemesis since firing him in 2019.

Witness Turns the Tables

Richman, once described by Trump allies as the “smoking gun,” told investigators last month that he never acted as an anonymous source for Comey. He also testified that Comey explicitly told him not to speak to reporters about the Russia investigation.

When investigators searched Comey’s emails looking for evidence of leaks, they found nothing. “They’ve got no proof—just Trump’s vendetta,” said one DOJ insider familiar with the case.

Political Payback in Plain Sight

The Comey indictment follows a disturbing pattern of politically driven prosecutions under Trump’s second administration. Earlier this year, the president openly demanded that Attorney General Pam Bondi “move now” against several of his enemies, including New York Attorney General Letitia James and former special counsel Robert Mueller.

Bondi has largely complied, greenlighting probes widely criticized as partisan hit jobs.

A senior DOJ official, speaking anonymously, described the Comey case as “one of the most blatant abuses of prosecutorial power in modern history.”

What Comes Next

Comey is expected to plead not guilty at his arraignment Wednesday and has privately told allies that he intends to “fight this from the courtroom to the Supreme Court if necessary.”

“This is about the rule of law,” Comey reportedly told a close friend. “If they can weaponize the DOJ against me, they can do it to anyone.”

Despite the mounting criticism, Trump remains defiant. On Truth Social, he wrote Tuesday night, “Comey LIED under oath and he will pay. We’re finally getting JUSTICE!”

But inside the Justice Department, morale is said to be at a breaking point. “We’re back to 1973,” said one longtime federal prosecutor, invoking the Nixon era. “Only this time, the president’s not even hiding it.”