On September 25, local time, Central TV reporter was informed that former FBI director James Comey was sued by the Grand Jury for two crimes of false statements and obstructing justice.This decision came days after President Trump publicly demanded that the Department of Justice "immediately" prosecute its political opponent.

Sources said that Trump dismissed Sibert, the attorney of the Eastern District of Virginia, because he had reservations about prosecuting Komi. Trump appointed Halligan, a White House aide and former defense lawyer, to take over, despite her lack of prosecutorial experience. Earlier, the prosecutor's team had indicated that it could not establish a reasonable basis for prosecuting Komi, but Halligan still sought prosecution from the grand jury.

In 2016, then-Democratic Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did not compete with Republican candidate Trump in the presidential election. Democrats then pointed to Russian interference in the election and co-operated with the Trump campaign team to defeat Hillary. Trump firmly denied. Comey, then Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, then launched a criminal investigation into Trump¡¯s allegations of being ¡°Russian.¡±