On Thursday night, the Justice Department revealed an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, that lays out vague allegations that Comey made false statements to Congress.

The indictment is not at all surprising because, last week, President Donald Trump briefly posted, and then deleted, what appears to be a direct order to Attorney General Pam Bondi to target three of his perceived political enemies: Comey, Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), and New York Attorney General Letitia James (D).

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Among other things, Trump’s post, which appeared on his social media site Truth Social, appears to confirm that Erik Siebert, who until recently served as a US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, was removed from office after he refused to bring criminal charges against James because his office was unable to find evidence that she committed a crime. Before leaving the Justice Department, Siebert also reportedly conveyed to his superiors that the case against Comey is weak.

And this isn’t the first time Trump’s Justice Department targeted one of the president’s perceived enemies. Months before Trump accidentally posted his message to Bondi, his administration already brought political charges against a Democratic member of Congress. Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) faces up to 17 years in prison for an incident where she briefly made physical contact with federal law enforcement officers who were attempting to arrest another elected Democrat, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka. The charges against Baraka were swiftly dropped, and a federal magistrate judge labeled Baraka’s arrest as a “worrisome misstep” — but the charges against her are still pending.