The Latest Breaking News from James Comey

Scholars of authoritarianism including Francis Fukuyama also asked the judge to throw out the charges, saying they were a clear example of an autocratic leader abusing the justice system to consolidate power

On Friday, New York Attorney General Letitia James entered a “not guilty” plea in a federal mortgage fraud case she and critics say is politically motivated, with trial set for Jan. 26, 2026.

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

‘The government has singled out Mr. Comey for prosecution because of his protected speech and because of President Trump’s personal animus,’ Comey’s lawyers wrote

Ruling marks an important legal victory for Trump – key US politics stories from Monday at a glance