# Comey's third indictment

News · Heat 10.0 / 10 · 9 shows · 51m airtime

James Comey was reported on October 27 to face a third indictment in Washington, D.C., for alleged disclosure of classified information. The two Espionage Act counts were filed by criminal information rather than grand jury indictment, a step taken to beat the 10-year statute of limitations. Comey's lawyers have moved to dismiss those counts as beyond that limit. Reporting since has established that the criminal information was signed by the DOJ's number two and three and by special AUSAs, not line prosecutors. A judge also ordered his daughter Maureen reinstated with back pay after her Justice Department termination. What the indictment alleges in detail, and how it relates to that ruling, remains open.

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## Segments

- [Pod Save America](https://boilpoints.com/u/podsaveamerica), 2026-10-27, 52:27 to 54:36: **Reports Comey's third indictment and reinstatement**. Reports two Comey developments: a court found Maureen Comey's DOJ firing unlawful and ordered reinstatement with back pay, and James Comey faces a third indictment, this time over classified information. The hosts recap the earlier charges and joke about the pattern. New angle: James Comey faces a third indictment, in D.C., for alleged disclosure of classified information.
- [The Megyn Kelly Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/themegynkellyshow), 2026-10-27, 2:32 to 7:05: **Fills in the mechanics of the third prosecution**. Fills in the mechanics of the third Comey prosecution: two Espionage Act counts filed by criminal information under seal on October 5, unsealed by Judge McFadden, centered on a 2016 New York Times article about Yahoo. Adds the DOJ's statute-of-limitations rationale and Comey's challenge to it. New angle: The two Espionage Act counts were filed by criminal information, not grand jury indictment, to beat the 10-year statute of limitations.
- [Start Here](https://boilpoints.com/u/starthere), 2026-10-27, 12:57 to 14:11: **Rounds up the pre-midterm rulings**. Rounds up pre-midterm rulings, including the judge's finding that Maureen Comey should not have lost her job, framed as a loss for the Trump DOJ. A brief retelling that stays inside what is already on the record.
- [Start Here](https://boilpoints.com/u/starthere), 2026-10-27, 13:52 to 18:14: **Recaps the Comey ruling and promised appeal**. Recaps the Maurene Comey ruling through ABC's Aaron Katursky: the civil service reasoning, the reinstatement with back pay up to her resignation, and the DOJ's promised appeal. Ties it to the third Comey prosecution as a closing note.
- [The Dan Bongino Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedanbonginoshow), 2026-10-27, 5:21 to 7:05: **Retells the Comey charge and the grievance**. Announces the Comey Espionage Act charge and the McFadden assignment, then spends most of the segment on due process and on the 'nothing is happening' crowd. A retelling of the week's Comey coverage with a familiar grievance frame.
- [Global News Podcast](https://boilpoints.com/u/globalnewspodcast), 2026-10-27, 16:14 to 19:16: **Adds the defense motion to dismiss**. Reports the third Comey filing and adds the defense's response: Comey's lawyers filed a motion to dismiss, arguing the two counts fall outside the 10-year statute of limitations. Glenn Kirschner expects the motion to be granted and frames the prosecution as process-as-punishment. New angle: Comey's lawyers filed a motion to dismiss the two new counts as beyond the 10-year statute of limitations.
- [The Megyn Kelly Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/themegynkellyshow), 2026-10-27, 47:11 to 51:58: **Questions the timing of Comey's indictment**. Recaps the third Comey indictment and questions the timing: charges filed by criminal information on the day the 10-year clock ran, with Comey's team arguing the filing does not toll it. Walks through the Yahoo surveillance article and the tossed-out Virginia case, but adds nothing beyond the record.
- [The Bulwark Daily](https://boilpoints.com/u/thebulwarkdaily), 2026-10-27, 7:44 to 9:53: **Recaps the new D.C. charge and statement**. Recaps the new D.C. charge against Comey and reads his statement calling it an appalling abuse of the Justice Department. Frames it as retribution by the Blanche DOJ and stays inside the week's coverage, with a nod to the statute-of-limitations question already on the record.
- [Morning Wire](https://boilpoints.com/u/morningwire), 2026-10-28, 3:54 to 5:05: **Recaps the third case and its key documents**. Recaps the third Comey case in about a minute: the two counts, the October 2016 Reuters correction and the Yahoo surveillance story, the internal email shared with 30 officials, and Comey's video denial. It stays inside the reporting already on the record.
- [Legal AF by MeidasTouch](https://boilpoints.com/u/legalafbymeidastouch), 2026-10-29, 36:18 to 1:01:05: **Argues the filing cannot toll the limitations period**. Walks through the third Comey prosecution: a one-page criminal information filed the day the ten-year clock ran, signed by the DOJ's number two and three rather than line prosecutors, and filed without Comey's consent. Argues the filing cannot toll the limitations period and that the Espionage Act count likely fails. New angle: The criminal information was signed by the DOJ's number two and three and by special AUSAs, not line prosecutors.
- [Lovett or Leave It](https://boilpoints.com/u/lovettorleaveit), 2026-10-30, 11:49 to 13:04: **Runs through the third Comey indictment**. Runs through the third Comey indictment, the expired statute of limitations his lawyers cite, and the judge's order reinstating Maureen Comey with back pay, then pivots to Trump's Epstein remarks after a Judiciary Committee report. New angle: The Justice Department charged James Comey a third time; a judge ordered Maureen Comey reinstated with back pay.