{"id":14960,"date":"2025-09-27T17:29:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T17:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=14960"},"modified":"2025-09-27T17:29:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T17:29:33","slug":"person-1-and-person-3-revealed-in-bombshell-comey-indictment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=14960","title":{"rendered":"\u2018PERSON 1\u2019 and \u2018PERSON 3\u2019 Revealed In Bombshell Comey Indictment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the shockwaves from the long-overdue indictment of disgraced former FBI Director James Comey continue to rattle the D.C. swamp, new details are bubbling to the surface\u2014this time about two shadowy figures buried in the filing under the bland labels \u201cPERSON 1\u201d and \u201cPERSON 3.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ABC News has now confirmed what many suspected \u2014 PERSON 1 in the indictment is none other than Hillary Clinton, just as RedState\u2019s Rusty Weiss suggested earlier Friday. And PERSON 3? That would be Comey\u2019s pal and sometime personal lawyer, Daniel Richman.<\/p>\n<p>But the real kicker is we\u2019re learning even more about the charges, with the DOJ essentially accusing James Comey of being a flat-out liar. ABC News senior investigative reporter Mike Levine dropped the details on X Friday night, sending Washington into a frenzy:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1971654906101563828&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fusajournal.news%2F2025%2F09%2F27%2Fperson-1-and%2F&amp;sessionId=7cd709b9c70a2d8d02059bf6f0f998e3f975bd6f&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1971654906101563828\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>His tweet notes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Justice Department is still offering few details about their case against former FBI director James Comey, but @ABC News has learned that Count 1 of the indictment, charging Comey with making false statements, focuses on his alleged role in having his close friend and former personal lawyer, Daniel Richman, provide information to reporters about an FBI investigation connected to Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>In the indictment, Count 1 says that Comey \u201cwillfully and knowingly\u201d lied when, testifying under oath to the Senate Judiciary Committee in September 2020, he reaffirmed previous Senate testimony insisting he never \u201cauthorized someone else at the FBI to be an anonymous source in news reports\u201d about an investigation connected to someone only identified as \u201cPERSON 1.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat statement was false, because, as JAMES B. COMEY JR. then and there knew, he in fact had authorized PERSON 3 to serve as an anonymous source in news reports regarding [the] FBI investigation,\u201d the indictment reads.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Levine offered more later, stating that officials allege that Comey used Richman as his secret back door to leak to the media:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=true&amp;id=1971698192627421529&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fusajournal.news%2F2025%2F09%2F27%2Fperson-1-and%2F&amp;sessionId=7cd709b9c70a2d8d02059bf6f0f998e3f975bd6f&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1971698192627421529\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The newly-released FBI documents say that while \u201cComey instructed the FBI to hire Richman as a Special Government Employee\u201d \u2014 with \u201ca Top Secret clearance\u201d \u2014 to work on \u201cGoing Dark\u201d matters, \u201cComey also used Richman as a liaison to the media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRichman contacted journalists to correct stories critical of Comey, the FBI and to shape future press coverage,\u201d the FBI said in a September 2021 report on its investigation. \u201cRichman did this both when he was an SGE and after he resigned from the FBI.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richman, however, told the FBI during its investigation that Comey never asked him to talk to the media, according to the documents.<\/p>\n<p>The newly-released documents, which are heavily redacted at some points, suggest that in at least one instance, Richman spoke with a reporter about sensitive information.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sure, the report comes from ABC \u2014 a card-carrying member of the mainstream media cabal that usually bends over backward to smear Trump with half-truths and spin. 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