Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Sunday that there are “many things” for which former FBI Director James Comey could have faced charges, but said the statute of limitations had expired on those other allegations.

“It's a very important principle for us to apply that everybody has to subscribe to the law, even a former FBI director, and he has lots to answer for,” Johnson said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“There are many things that he could have been indicted for, but the statute of limitations ran out on so many of those matters,” he continued. “Not here. Perjury is important. You can't — especially if you're a high official, appointed or elected official — you cannot raise your hand, take an oath and lie to Congress.”

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