Former FBI director James Comey pleads not guilty in case accusing him of lying to Congress – US politics live

<p>Judge sets a trial date for 5 January 2026, according to reporters in the courtroom</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/08/james-comey-court-indictment">Ex-FBI director pleads not guilty on lying to Congress charge</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>A <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/dem-ag-nominee-jay-jones-fantasized-about-shooting-former-virginia-gop-speaker-he-receives-both-bullets/">series of “violent” texts</a> sent by a Democrat seeking to become Virginia’s attorney general has shaken up the state’s governor’s race, with Republican candidate Winsome Earle-Sears seizing on the controversy to try to reverse her opponent’s double-digit polling lead.</strong></p><p>Earle-Sears has released<a href="https://x.com/winwithwinsome/status/1974832866388566097?s=46&amp;t=uQxq3EX7p3bygcqVfUnstg"> new campaign advertisements</a> condemning Democratic former congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, her opponenent in the governor’s race, for continuing to support Jay Jones, whose private texts three years ago speculated about a senior state Republican getting “two bullets to the head” and “breeding little fascists”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/oct/08/donald-trump-james-comey-justice-department-national-guard-chicago-antifa-government-shutdown-us-politics-live-news-updates">Continue reading...</a>