The gaping hole in the James Comey indictment

Former FBI Director James Comey, during a Bloomberg Television interview in Salzburg, Austria, on Friday, June 21, 2019. | Alex Kraus/Bloomberg via Getty Images On Thursday night, the Justice Department indicted former FBI Director James Comey — accusing him of having lied to Congress during sworn testimony. For me, a journalist who covers declining democracies, this set off some pretty obvious alarm bells. President Donald Trump had already openly called on Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey, one of his most prominent critics, but there she was hampered by what looked li