James Comey will appear in court for an arraignment Wednesday, after the Justice Department took the unprecedented step of criminally charging the former FBI director and Trump foe in late September.Comey was ordered to report to court in Northern Virginia at 10 a.

The case against James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, was deemed too thin by a previous federal prosecutor, who quit under pressure from President Trump.

With the prosecution of James Comey, “our country has entered a grave new period of injustice,” said The New York Times in an editorial.

The charges against Comey came shortly after Trump complained publicly about a lack of action on the case.