As the shockwaves from the long-overdue indictment of disgraced former FBI Director James Comey continue to rattle the D.C. swamp, new details are bubbling to the surface—this time about two shadowy figures buried in the filing under the bland labels “PERSON 1” and “PERSON 3.”
ABC News has now confirmed what many suspected — PERSON 1 in the indictment is none other than Hillary Clinton, just as RedState’s Rusty Weiss suggested earlier Friday. And PERSON 3? That would be Comey’s pal and sometime personal lawyer, Daniel Richman.
But the real kicker is we’re learning even more about the charges, with the DOJ essentially accusing James Comey of being a flat-out liar. ABC News senior investigative reporter Mike Levine dropped the details on X Friday night, sending Washington into a frenzy:
The Justice Department is still offering few details about their case against former FBI director James Comey, but @ABC News has learned that Count 1 of the indictment, charging Comey with making false statements, focuses on his alleged role in having his close friend and former…
— Mike Levine (@MLevineReports) September 26, 2025
His tweet notes:
The Justice Department is still offering few details about their case against former FBI director James Comey, but @ABC News has learned that Count 1 of the indictment, charging Comey with making false statements, focuses on his alleged role in having his close friend and former personal lawyer, Daniel Richman, provide information to reporters about an FBI investigation connected to Hillary Clinton.
In the indictment, Count 1 says that Comey “willfully and knowingly” lied when, testifying under oath to the Senate Judiciary Committee in September 2020, he reaffirmed previous Senate testimony insisting he never “authorized someone else at the FBI to be an anonymous source in news reports” about an investigation connected to someone only identified as “PERSON 1.”
“That statement was false, because, as JAMES B. COMEY JR. then and there knew, he in fact had authorized PERSON 3 to serve as an anonymous source in news reports regarding [the] FBI investigation,” the indictment reads.
Levine offered more later, stating that officials allege that Comey used Richman as his secret back door to leak to the media:
The newly-released FBI documents say that while “Comey instructed the FBI to hire Richman as a Special Government Employee” — with “a Top Secret clearance” — to work on “Going Dark” matters, “Comey also used Richman as a liaison to the media.”
“Richman contacted journalists to…
— Mike Levine (@MLevineReports) September 26, 2025
The newly-released FBI documents say that while “Comey instructed the FBI to hire Richman as a Special Government Employee” — with “a Top Secret clearance” — to work on “Going Dark” matters, “Comey also used Richman as a liaison to the media.”
“Richman contacted journalists to correct stories critical of Comey, the FBI and to shape future press coverage,” the FBI said in a September 2021 report on its investigation. “Richman did this both when he was an SGE and after he resigned from the FBI.”
Richman, however, told the FBI during its investigation that Comey never asked him to talk to the media, according to the documents.
The newly-released documents, which are heavily redacted at some points, suggest that in at least one instance, Richman spoke with a reporter about sensitive information.
Sure, the report comes from ABC — a card-carrying member of the mainstream media cabal that usually bends over backward to smear Trump with half-truths and spin. But this one isn’t a “Get Trump!” hit job. In fact, Levine’s breakdown lines up with what we already know, and for once, it actually passes the smell test.
One thing’s certain: this story isn’t going anywhere. So grab the popcorn, because the Comey-Clinton circus is just getting started.
