WASHINGTON — Shortly after the President fired his Attorney General for failing to quickly secure indictments against his political opponents, the Justice Department announced it will try for a second time to prosecute a former FBI director over an Instagram post. The new charges are being spearheaded by the Acting Attorney General, who was elevated to the position directly from his previous job as the President's personal lawyer.

"Threatening the life of the President will never be tolerated, and this is the same kind of conduct that we will always investigate and regularly prosecute," the Acting Attorney General said of the Instagram post. Independent legal experts have widely described the indictment as "very thin" and an "embarrassment to the American criminal justice system."

The administration's first attempt to jail the former director collapsed in November 2025. A federal judge dismissed those proceedings after discovering that the prosecutor—a former White House aide handpicked to run the case—was invalidly appointed and had never actually prosecuted a criminal case before.

Justice Department officials expressed confidence that the second attempt will hold up in court, noting that having the President's former defense attorney arrest a prominent political rival perfectly illustrates the administration's commitment to the rule of law.