Politico: Klobuchar: This is revenge--Comey is not well and this admin does this to him.

Two days after she was sworn in, Halligan — who has no prosecutorial experience but represented Trump in the criminal case brought by special counsel Jack Smith over his hoarding of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago a — filed charges against Comey.

The two charges stem from the fromer FBI director’s testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2020 about the bureau’s investigation into possible connections between Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and Russia.

Notably, the charges came after Trump called on Bondi to prosecute his perceived political enemies, including Comey.

“What I see, this as a former prosecutor myself, this is weaponizing the Justice Department,” Klobuchar said on Sunday.

For his part, Comey, who Trump fired in 2017, expressed disappointment in the DOJ but confidence in the justice system.

“My family and I have known for years that there are costs to standing up to Donald Trump, but we couldn’t imagine ourselves living any other way. We will not live on our knees, and you shouldn’t either,” Comey said. “My heart is broken for the Department of Justice, but I have great confidence in the federal judicial system, and I’m innocent, so, let’s have a trial.”

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