{"id":3136,"date":"2025-11-24T22:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T22:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theinformantusa.com\/?p=3136"},"modified":"2025-11-24T22:22:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T22:22:12","slug":"former-fbi-director-james-comey-condemns-president-trumps-doj-prosecution-as-fundamentally-anti-american","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theinformantusa.com\/?p=3136","title":{"rendered":"Former FBI Director James Comey Condemns President Trump\u2019s DOJ Prosecution as \u201cFundamentally Anti-American\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>\u00a0Comey Warns Political Use of DOJ Threatens Rule of <\/strong><br><strong>Law and American Democracy<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>In a powerful video statement, former FBI Director James Comey condemned the prosecution brought against him by the Department of Justice under President Donald Trump. 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