Comey faces two new charges over alleged 2016 disclosure

Federal prosecutors have filed two charges against former FBI Director James Comey, alleging he transmitted national defense information to an unauthorized person and conspired to do so. The case, filed in Washington on October 5 and unsealed Monday, concerns an alleged disclosure in 2016. Comey denies wrongdoing and says he will fight the charges. The criminal information alleges that on October 5, 2016, Comey directed another person, through one or more alleged coconspirators, to disclose national defense information to a reporter for a national news publication. The first count charges transmission of the information; the second alleges conspiracy to commit that offense. The filing says the alleged conspiracy began no later than October 4, 2016. The three-page charging document does not identify the reporter, the publication, the alleged coconspirators or the information prosecutors say was disclosed. The allegations have not been proven in court. Comey responded in a video statement, saying he remains innocent and intends to contest the case. He called the prosecution an abuse of the Justice Department and said he continues to trust the federal judiciary. His lawyers have...