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DOJ nearing decision whether to charge former FBI Director James Comey with lying to Congress, sources say

Katelyn Polantz, Evan Perez

CNN

September 24, 2025

Viewpoint Detected:

Moderate

Fallacies Detected:

Biased Language, Appeal to Emotion, Genetic Fallacy

credAIble Evaluation:

The report outlines an investigation into James Comey while framing it heavily in terms of political conflict, especially Trump’s hostility toward him. The use of terms like “deep state” and references to Trump’s frustrations create an appeal to emotion that shifts attention from legal specifics to partisan animosity. The text also contains biased language, such as describing Comey as “disgraced and excoriated” through Trump’s rhetoric. Finally, the suggestion that Comey’s credibility is undermined primarily because of his political enemies’ views constitutes a genetic fallacy, focusing on the source of criticism rather than the substance of allegations.

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