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Key figure in Comey case sues to block use of evidence as DOJ mulls second indictment
Daniel Richman claims the FBI's seizure of his electronic data violated the Fourth Amendment and urges deletion and barring of evidence pivotal to any revived Comey indictment.
- Dec 2: Daniel Richman, a law professor and former attorney to James Comey, sued in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, seeking deletion or return of FBI-seized material from 2019–2020, alleging Fourth Amendment violations.
- U.S. Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick last month found prosecutors may have mishandled material seized from Richman and reexamined it this year without a new warrant, while Lindsey Halligan, prosecutor, was found unlawfully appointed.
- Prosecutors relied on the Richman material to bring charges against James Comey, alleging he lied to a Senate committee in 2020 and that Richman communicated with reporters about a probe involving Democrat Hillary Clinton.
- The potential for a renewed indictment faces legal hurdles from Daniel Richman's motion as Reuters reported on Monday the Justice Department is weighing a new indictment, while a spokesperson did not immediately comment.
- The filings indicate the material would be central to any revived prosecution, as prosecutors investigating James Comey reexamined it this year without a new warrant, Fitzpatrick found.
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