The Latest Breaking News from James Comey

Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey want to review a transcript and audio recording of grand jury proceedings in his criminal case, citing what they say were “irregularities” in the process that should result in the dismissal of an indictment pushed by President Donald Trump

Trump’s DOJ faces growing legal challenges over attempts to keep his loyalists in office without Senate confirmation

New York Attorney General Letitia James is set to make her first court appearance in a mortgage fraud case

Lindsey Halligan, who brought cases against James Comey and Letitia James, allegedly violated records-retention laws

The Trump administration is coming under fire for politicising the Department of Justice (DoJ) and undermining the US government’s enshrined separation of powers, which relies on an independent system of justice. This is a central principle of the US constitution, without which a president could govern virtually unchecked.

Soon after President Donald Trump demanded in a social media post that the Department of Justice prosecute his perceived enemy, former FBI director James Comey, Comey was indicted on Sept. 25, 2025, for lying to a Congressional committee in 2020.

Florida judge schedules grand jury for January — and Mike Davis says prosecutors are after president’s enemies

Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan faces backlash after off-the-record texts with a journalist spark a Justice Department ethics storm involving Comey and Letitia James prosecutions.

‘You're not a journalist so it's weird saying that but just letting you know,’ Halligan wrote