When a federal judge says the Justice Department may have “indicted first and investigated later,” that’s a flashing red light over the temple of American justice.

That’s what Judge William Fitzpatrick said this week in the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey, who’s accused of lying to Congress back in 2020 about FBI media leaks. Whether you love or loathe Comey, this case tells us something much bigger about how Washington plays the game.

Comey’s defense team says they’ve been denied access to key evidence, including materials seized from Daniel Richman, a Columbia law professor and Comey’s close friend. The government took those documents years ago, yet somehow the defense hasn’t seen them. Meanwhile, the judge himself sounded disturbed by how the Justice Department handled things.

And here’s where things get tricky: the indictment came days after President Trump publicly called for Comey to be prosecuted. Shortly afterward, a Trump-aligned U.S. attorney — reportedly installed after others resisted — followed through. The DOJ now insists the President’s social media post reflected a “legitimate prosecutorial motive.”

That’s… creative, to say the least.

Let’s Take a Step Back

James Comey is not a martyr. The man’s decisions in 2016 — particularly reopening the Clinton email investigation just days before the election — were clumsy at best and self-righteous at worst. Then came the Russia saga, where the FBI under his leadership fumbled basic standards of fairness and transparency. Comey spent years painting himself as a moral compass in a town full of crooks, but even compasses get demagnetized if you set them too close to politics.

That said, justice isn’t supposed to depend on who’s popular.

If prosecutors rushed this indictment to please political leadership — whether under President Trump or anyone else — then the rule of law takes a back seat to personal vendettas. That’s not what America stands for.

The Real Problem Isn’t Comey, It’s the System

This isn’t just about James Comey or Donald Trump. It’s about a Justice Department that too often looks like a political weapon rack. One administration uses it to hit its enemies; the next one does the same. Both sides justify it by saying, “Well, they did it first.”

It’s playground logic, not justice.

Proverbs 17:15 says it plain as day: “He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.”

That’s a timeless warning. You can’t fix corruption by becoming corrupt yourself.

The Path Forward

If Comey lied, let the evidence prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. But if prosecutors cut corners or ignored due process to score political points, the case should be tossed.

Because the real threat here isn’t one man’s dishonesty. It’s the erosion of a justice system that’s supposed to serve the people, not the powerful.

It’s time for blind justice to make a comeback. Justice shouldn’t see red or blue, only right and wrong.