Key Facts

• Prosecutors seek two counts under the Espionage Act.
• The allegations concern transmitting national defense information to someone not entitled to receive it.
• The Justice Department filed an information, a type of charging document often used when a defendant plans to plead guilty.
• The department said it filed the information to preserve the statute of limitations before it expires.
• Comey has not been indicted by a grand jury or charged by criminal complaint.
• Comey's attorney, Patrick Fitzgerald, said Comey maintains his innocence.
• The article describes this as the Justice Department's third attempt to bring criminal charges against Comey.