Former FBI director James Comey has been indicted for lying to Congress.

The shocking news comes two weeks after prosecutors subpoenaed a friend of Comey's who leaked to the media on his behalf, Columbia University professor Daniel Richman, Just The News reported.

Comey has been charged with making false statements and obstruction of a congressional proceeding, Fox News reported.

Trump and his supporters have for years demanded consequences for "Deep State" figures who undermined Trump during his first term, including Comey.

Attorney general Pam Bondi confirmed in a post that Comey had been criminally charged.

"No one is above the law," said Bondi on X. "Today’s indictment reflects this Department of Justice’s commitment to holding those who abuse positions of power accountable for misleading the American people. We will follow the facts in this case."

Perjury charges

The charges are believed to center on Comey's September 2020 testimony to Congress in which he denied authorizing leaks to the press.

As reported by Just the News, a key figure in the Comey probe is said to be Columbia University professor Daniel Richman, Comey's friend and media liaison, who famously leaked Comey's memos to the New York Times.

Richman had a close relationship with New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt, who used Comey's memos for an article that helped trigger Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Trump over "Russian collusion." The investigation came up empty after consuming much of Trump's first White House term.

The Justice Department's Inspector General rebuked Comey in 2019 for using unauthorized leaks to force an investigation into Trump. However, the DOJ declined to prosecute Comey at the time.

Russia hoax

Comey admitted to Congress in 2017 that his purpose in leaking the memos was to "prompt the appointment of a special counsel.”

Richman said Comey had used him to "to correct stories critical of Comey, the FBI, and to shape future press coverage," according to memos recently unveiled by FBI director Kash Patel.

"Today, your FBI took another step in its promise of full accountability," Patel wrote after Comey's indictment.

"For far too long, previous corrupt leadership and their enablers weaponized federal law enforcement, damaging once proud institutions and severely eroding public trust," wrote Patel. "Every day, we continue the fight to earn that trust back, and under my leadership, this FBI will confront the problem head-on. Nowhere was this politicization of law enforcement more blatant than during the Russiagate hoax, a disgraceful chapter in history we continue to investigate and expose."