Comey Indictment Forces Urgent Review Of FBI Misconduct

Weaponized Justice: Why Comey and Smith Deserve Scrutiny

For nearly a decade, conservatives have argued President Donald Trump and his allies were singled out by federal law enforcement. The media and so-called intel experts dismissed Hunter Biden’s laptop as fake and elevated the Steele Dossier to gospel. That bias set the tone for the investigations that followed.

James Comey was indicted in September for lying to Congress, and that indictment vindicates warnings many of us raised years ago. I have pushed for a careful review of Comey’s conduct, including whether his decisions crossed into criminal territory. This is not about grudges; it is about accountability.

The FBI opened Crossfire Hurricane in July 2016 investigating alleged Trump-Russia collusion. The lead piece of evidence was the Steele Dossier, which we now know was produced on behalf of the Clinton campaign. Relying on politically sourced opposition research to build a counterintelligence case was always a red flag.

Comey himself sat in a White House briefing where intelligence pointed to the possibility that the Clinton campaign helped seed the Russia narrative. Officials including then-CIA Director John Brennan shared material suggesting the campaign played a role. A few weeks later the bureau still moved forward with probing the campaign.

In January 2017 a Russian subsource told the FBI the dossier was unreliable and largely hearsay. Even after that, FBI agents continued to seek warrants tied to Carter Page, a Trump campaign adviser. That sequence demands a straight answer about why key doubts never stopped the probe.

The FBI and DOJ had an obligation to hand exculpatory information to the FISA court, but that did not happen. FISA procedures exist to prevent fishing expeditions and protect Americans. Ignoring those safeguards wrecks trust in the system.

When Comey testified in 2020 he claimed he had not been told about the dossier’s problems and that the intelligence reports did not “ring any bells.” That answer strains credulity for anyone who watched the timeline unfold. If true oversight means anything, this contradiction deserves full examination.

Then there is the Biden Justice Department’s approach after 2023. Three days after Trump declared his 2024 run, the DOJ appointed Jack Smith as special counsel, and within months Trump faced 91 charges across multiple jurisdictions. Many Americans see the timing as retaliatory.

Longstanding DOJ practice avoids charging candidates close to an election to prevent interference, yet Smith allowed public filings to hit the press within weeks of Election Day and an unredacted brief two weeks before voting. That move shredded the norm meant to keep law enforcement above politics. Perception matters, and this choice ensured partisan headlines.

Smith’s team also went after congressional allies, collecting phone records for me and eight colleagues from calls made Jan 4 to Jan 7, 2021. Seizing lawmakers’ communications raises serious separation of powers concerns. Every citizen should care about investigators sweeping up congressional records.

Comey and Smith share a habit of cutting corners in the name of results they wanted, not the law. Those shortcuts spawned indictments, dominated cable news cycles, and burned through taxpayer money. The country paid a price when institutions put politics ahead of procedure.

This pattern is not isolated to two individuals; Democratic administrations have targeted organizations and citizens on the right, including the RNC, parents attending school board meetings, people attending church, and the America First Policy Institute. When government power is used against political opponents it scares everyday Americans away from civic life. That chilling effect is exactly what should alarm everyone.

Republicans will not be cowed by prosecutions that look like political theater. We will press for reforms and accountability to restore equal justice under the law. Holding officials who weaponize institutions is how you protect the next election.