The story that Washington’s power players prayed would never resurface has just detonated like a political earthquake.
After years of whispers, cover-ups, and finger-pointing, the Department of Justice has finally unsealed its long-awaited
indictment against former FBI Director James Comey — and the revelations inside are every bit as explosive as insiders feared.But as journalists and political operatives scrambled to digest the charges, two mysterious figures buried in the indictment stood out. They were not named directly but referred to in sterile legal code as
“PERSON 1” and “PERSON 3.”
At first glance, those designations might have seemed meaningless — placeholders in a lengthy court filing. But within hours, new leaks and confirmations turned those two words into political dynamite.
Because “PERSON 1” has now been confirmed as Hillary Clinton, and “PERSON 3” as Comey’s longtime confidant and sometimes personal attorney, Daniel Richman.
And with that, the entire story of Comey’s post-2016 behavior — from his media leaks to his under-oath denials before Congress — is being rewritten before the public’s eyes.
The Secret Names Hidden in Plain Sight
When the indictment first dropped, Washington insiders were glued to one question: who exactly were these unnamed “persons” connected to the former FBI chief’s alleged crimes?
Now that their identities are known, the puzzle pieces fall into place.
According to ABC News investigative reporter Mike Levine, who broke the confirmation late Friday night, the DOJ’s first count against Comey centers on false statements made to the Senate Judiciary Committee in September 2020 — specifically, his sworn insistence that he never “authorized someone else at the FBI to be an anonymous source in news reports” regarding an investigation connected to Hillary Clinton.
The indictment tells a different story.