James Comey charged for third time by DOJ
What each leads with
NBC News ↗ — Headline frames charges as 'by the Trump administration'; lede stresses Comey 'hasn’t been indicted' and quotes his video calling it 'appalling abuse of the Department of Justice'; Body details defense attorneys’ statute-of-limitations motion and the 2016 NYT article at the center of the caseNBC News — Headline frames charges as 'by the Trump administration'; lede stresses Comey 'hasn’t been indicted' and quotes his video calling it 'appalling abuse of the Department of Justice'; Body details defense attorneys’ statute-of-limitations motion and the 2016 NYT article at the center of the case
Daily Mail ↗ — Headline emphasizes 'accused of leaking national defense information'; opening calls it an 'extraordinary effort to prosecute' one of Trump’s 'biggest perceived political foes'Daily Mail — Headline emphasizes 'accused of leaking national defense information'; opening calls it an 'extraordinary effort to prosecute' one of Trump’s 'biggest perceived political foes'
James Comey charged for a third time by the Trump administration
Former FBI Director James Comey has been charged by federal prosecutors with transmission of national defense information and conspiracy to transmit national defense information.
Former FBI director James Comey charged for the third time as he's accused of leaking national defense information
The charges come on the same day a judge ruled that DOJ illegally fired Comey's daughter.