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Former FBI Director James Comey is scheduled to be arraigned in a Virginia federal court on Wednesday morning, several weeks after being indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of obstruction of justice and making a false statement.<\/p>\n

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Reports said Comey pleaded not guilty during his appearance Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

The case stems from allegations that Comey misled the Senate during testimony in September 2020, when he reaffirmed his 2017 denial of authorizing an FBI leak to the media concerning the Trump-Russia or Clinton-related investigations. Prosecutors further allege that Comey obstructed Congress by providing false statements to lawmakers.<\/p>\n

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While the arraignment has drawn national attention, senior Justice Department officials on Tuesday dismissed reports suggesting that law enforcement planned to arrest Comey publicly or escort him theatrically into court, saying the proceedings will follow standard protocol.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Comey has been directed to appear, and I expect that he will,\u201d Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche\u00a0told\u00a0Fox News<\/a>. \u201cThe noise from MSNBC and from retired agents or unnamed anonymous sources about perp walks is just that. It\u2019s just noise.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The FBI was\u00a0reportedly considering<\/a>\u00a0a \u201cshowy\u201d arrest and perp walk of Comey \u2014 and the bureau has already suspended an agent who refused to take part, according to multiple sources cited by CBS News.<\/p>\n

Comey was charged last month with lying to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding. The move came after President Donald Trump publicly pressed Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate his longtime adversary.<\/p>\n

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A grand jury indicted Comey on Sept. 25, and he was issued a summons to appear in federal court in Virginia on Oct. 9 for arraignment. His attorneys had agreed to bring him to court voluntarily, two sources\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0to CBS News.<\/p>\n

But that same day, FBI leadership reportedly discussed hauling Comey in rather than waiting for him to appear on his own. A source familiar with the conversations told CBS News that leadership wanted \u201clarge, beefy\u201d agents to carry out the arrest \u201cin full kit,\u201d including Kevlar vests and outerwear emblazoned with the FBI logo.<\/p>\n

The plan, according to the source, was for a supervisory special agent in the violent crimes division of the Washington Field Office to assemble the team. However, the agent refused, believing such a display would be \u201cinappropriate and highly unusual\u201d for a white-collar defendant like Comey.<\/p>\n

That agent was then suspended for insubordination, CBS News reported.<\/p>\n

The FBI is said to be moving forward with efforts to put together another team to arrest Comey between now and his scheduled court appearance. However, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the situation, other supervisors have also refused to cooperate.<\/p>\n

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The charges allege that Comey lied during a Senate hearing five years ago when he claimed he had not authorized anyone at the FBI to serve as an anonymous source in media reports about investigations into Hillary Clinton. The indictment does not specify who he allegedly authorized or what the leak involved. Comey has denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

The indictment followed turmoil inside the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, where Comey was charged. The office\u2019s lead prosecutor, Erik Siebert, resigned two weeks before the indictment. Trump then appointed his former personal attorney, Lindsey Halligan, as Siebert\u2019s replacement. Within a week, Halligan asked a grand jury to indict Comey.<\/p>\n

A Justice Department source told CBS News that some staff members in the office had circulated a memo arguing that Comey should not be charged. Two senior prosecutors in the Eastern District were also fired in recent weeks, according to CBS.<\/p>\n

While the political and legal implications of Comey\u2019s case are already significant, the debate over the FBI\u2019s possible \u201cshowy\u201d arrest has fueled even greater controversy \u2014 especially given the bureau\u2019s past handling of high-profile arrests.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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