Trump predicts ‘there will be others’ after Comey indictment, denies enemies list
President says there will be more to face charges as Comey indictment unfolds, and denounces the Justice Department as weaponized, with attacks on Democrats
President Donald Trump said there will be others to be charged after the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, while insisting he does not have an enemies list to prosecute.
Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted the day before on two felony counts related to his 2020 congressional testimony. Trump described the case as "pretty easy" and urged the Justice Department to charge Comey with lying to Congress.
Speaking Friday morning on the White House lawn as he headed to the Ryder Cup on Long Island, Trump told reporters, "It's not a list, but I think there'll be others. They're corrupt." He called the people involved "corrupt radical left Democrats" and said Democrats were worse than Comey.
Trump said he had urged the Justice Department to charge Comey with lying to Congress before a grand jury returned the counts, calling the case "pretty easy".
Trump charged that the investigation and related actions show that the DOJ and its leadership have weaponized the department against political opponents, saying, "they weaponized the Justice Department like nobody in history. What they've done is terrible." He also described Comey in partisan terms, repeating a line that the former FBI director is "a Dem — he’s worse than a Democrat." In his framing, the indictment appears as part of a broader pattern in which federal actions are portrayed as politically driven battles rather than legal proceedings.
Observers note that the remarks align with a long-running tactic of Trump to depict investigations into his conduct as partisan crusades, a stance that has persisted through the current political cycle. The Comey indictment—two felony counts tied to Comey’s 2020 congressional testimony—has become a focal point for Trump’s defense of himself and his allies against federal investigations.
The episode underscores the continuing tension between the administration’s political messaging and the prosecutorial process. As Comey faces charges related to his congressional testimony, Trump's public comments on the case signal an ongoing pattern of broadening the legal narrative into a campaign-style political argument, with attackers labeled as corrupt and weaponization alleged against the Justice Department. The White House has shown little appetite to dampen that rhetoric, instead echoing a grievance-driven framing that the department is being used to target political opponents.
The indictment and the subsequent responses mark another chapter in a years-long dynamic between Trump and federal law enforcement, one that has included investigations, prosecutions, and high-stakes public statements that aim to shape public perception in a polarized political environment.