Overview
- A federal grand jury met Thursday to consider a second set of charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to a source cited by Reuters.
- The Justice Department has not filed the appeal it vowed and is considering seeking new, untainted indictments against James and James Comey, multiple outlets report.
- Any renewed case against Comey would confront a statute-of-limitations dispute, with prosecutors likely to invoke 18 U.S.C. § 3288 and the defense arguing the prior indictment was void.
- Daniel Richman, Comey’s former lawyer, sued to block DOJ access to files seized in 2019–2020 that a magistrate said were overbroad and became the 'cornerstone' of the original grand jury presentation; an NBC report says a judge requested a formal TRO motion.
- Separately, the DOJ moved to dismiss Maurene Comey’s wrongful-termination lawsuit, arguing she must first pursue her claims before the Merit Systems Protection Board.