The indictment of James Comey this September is vindication for millions of Americans who watched with growing alarm as the highest reaches of our justice system drifted from impartial law enforcement into partisan theater. For years conservatives warned that Comey ran the FBI like a political operation instead of a neutral agency, and the grand jury’s decision to indict him on charges tied to his testimony shows those concerns were not baseless. This is accountability Americans demanded — not for vengeance, but for the rule of law.
Long before the indictment, the Department of Justice’s own watchdog laid bare Comey’s reckless deviations from standard procedure in the Hillary Clinton email probe, calling his July 2016 press conference “extraordinary and insubordinate” and labeling his October letter to Congress a “serious error in judgment.” The inspector general found that Comey concealed his plans from superiors and made ad?hoc decisions that undermined DOJ policy and public trust. Conservatives were right to call out those double standards at the time; the OIG’s scathing review confirmed it.
The story didn’t stop with emails. The Horowitz report on Crossfire Hurricane exposed systemic failures at the FBI — not necessarily a neat political conspiracy, but 17 significant errors and omissions in FISA applications that targeted at least one American and ruined reputations. Horowitz explicitly said his findings did not vindicate FBI leadership, and he warned that the mistakes could not be explained away as simple clerical errors. If our national security apparatus can so casually botch surveillance of an American, it proves we need sweeping reforms, not platitudes.
Special Counsel John Durham’s long probe later echoed much of this, concluding there was no neat “deep?state” plot but sharply criticizing how the FBI handled raw, unverified information and failed to apply rigorous standards before turning on a presidential campaign. That report underlined what ordinary Americans already sensed: when institutions stop policing themselves, power becomes the prey of politics. Conservatives have argued for structural safeguards to prevent unelected bureaucrats from weaponizing investigations, and Durham’s findings reinforced that call.
Even more troubling, recently declassified material shows the FBI chased intelligence suggesting a coordinated plan to smear then?candidate Trump with Russia ties — allegations that were never substantiated. That revelation doesn’t exonerate every actor nor prove a conspiracy, but it does expose how raw, partisan intelligence can be amplified by officials with ambitions and agendas. The practical lesson is clear: intelligence and law enforcement must be anchored in evidence, not political convenience.
Now that a grand jury has taken action, conservatives should not celebrate a partisan score but demand systemic change: criminal accountability where warranted, congressional oversight that actually protects Americans, and reforms to FISA, leak prosecution, and FBI culture so that no director can treat the bureau as a personal or political instrument. Patriots want an FBI that defends liberty and the rule of law, not one that undermines them; it’s time Washington listens to hardworking Americans instead of dismissing our fears as mere grievance politics.
