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Newly Installed U.S. Attorney Moves to Seek Comey Indictment as Statute Clock Runs Out

Career prosecutors say the evidence fails to establish probable cause for charges.

In this image posted to X by Rachel Campos-Duffy on September 24, 2025, President Donald Trump has dinner with Attorney General Pam Bondi and others outside the White House.
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Lindsey Halligan, part of former US President Donald Trump's legal team, leaves the Paul G. Rogers Federal Building & Courthouse after a court hearing in West Palm Beach, Florida, on September 1, 2022.
James Comey, former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, pauses during a Bloomberg Television interview in Salzburg, Austria, on June 21, 2019.

Overview

  • Multiple outlets report Lindsey Halligan plans to present the case to a Virginia grand jury in the coming days, with an indictment possible as soon as today.
  • An internal memo advised against perjury and obstruction counts tied to James Comey’s Sept. 30, 2020 Senate testimony, citing insufficient evidence.
  • Attorney General Pam Bondi has voiced concerns privately, while President Trump has publicly pressed for swift action and praised Halligan after forcing out Erik Siebert.
  • Prosecutors face a hard deadline, with the five-year statute of limitations on potential perjury charges expiring Sept. 30.
  • Halligan, a former Trump personal lawyer with no prior prosecutorial experience, now leads the Eastern District of Virginia, as legal experts warn a politically driven case could falter before a grand jury or at trial.