A federal judge has been assigned to preside over the case of fired FBI Director James Comey. In late May, the U.S. Department of Justice issued new charges against Comey. U.S. District Judge Louise W. Flanagan of the Eastern District of North Carolina has set Oct. 21 as a trial date in Comey’s case. A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of North Carolina indicted Comey in April, alleging that the seashell image was “a serious expression …