James Comey: Key moments from his Senate testimony - ABC7 New York - Fair use photo credit: abc7ny.com Former FBI Director James Comey is now facing his third round of federal criminal charges under the Trump administration, unsealed on October 26, 2026. Prosecutors in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia filed a criminal information accusing him of unlawfully transmitting national defense information and conspiring to do so. The filing, made under seal on Oct