The Department of Justice is asking an appeals court to revive two cases—one against former FBI Director James Comey and the other against New York Attorney General Letitia James.
The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit agreed to combine both DOJ appeals into one case and will hear arguments on Sept. 14.
Comey was indicted in September 2025 for allegedly lying to Congress about FBI media leaks, while James was charged with bank fraud and lying on a mortgage application. Comey and James have both denied the charges.
Both cases were tossed after a federal judge ruled that former Trump aide Lindsay Halligan had been illegally appointed as interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia and had no authority to bring the charges. …