In reversal, DOJ says Comey indictment was reviewed by full grand jury [View all]
Source: ABC News
November 20, 2025, 3:22 PM
In a reversal from what the Department of Justice represented in court and in written filings Wednesday, federal prosecutors said Thursday that the full grand jury reviewed the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey.
U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan, who brought the charges, testified Wednesday that the grand jury that indicted Comey voted to indict him on two of the three counts submitted in the original indictment, but that the final revised indictment reflecting the two counts Comey was ultimately charged with was not reviewed by the full grand jury -- only by the jury foreperson and one other grand juror. Comey's attorney, Michael Dreeben, argued Wednesday that the issue with the grand jury indictment clearly required the judge to throw out the case.
In court filings Thursday, DOJ officials reversed course. "The official transcript of the September 25, 2025, proceedings before Magistrate Judge Vaala conclusively refutes that claim and establishes that the grand jury voted on -- and true-billed -- the two-count indictment," prosecutors wrote in a filing.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Tyler Lemons had also attested in court Wednesday that the full grand jury did not see the final indictment. "Let me be clear that the second indictment, the operative indictment in this case that Mr. Comey faces, is a document that was never shown to the entire grand jury or presented in the grand jury room; is that correct?" U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff asked. "Standing here in front of you, Your Honor, yes, that is my understanding," Lemons said.
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