监督前美国联邦调查局导演詹姆斯·科米的联邦法官法律挑战任命Lindsey Halligan为弗吉尼亚州东区的联邦检察官，命令检察官向投票起诉科米的大陪审团提交Halligan陈述的完整记录。
卡梅伦·库里法官被任命在该地区之外审查哈利根任命的有效性，他在周二的命令中说检察官移交的一份笔录“没有包括起诉书签署人在唯一证人作证前后发表的言论，这些言论是起诉书签署人在证人作证时引用的。”
科米不服罪10月8日，在批评者称之为唐纳德·特朗普总统的情况下，他被控一项虚假陈述和一项妨碍国会程序的罪名，该程序与他2020年在参议院司法委员会的证词有关报复运动对抗他的政敌。副总统JD Vance曾表示，任何此类起诉都是“由法律而不是政治驱动的”
哈里根是特朗普钦点的美国检察官，他寻求对科米的起诉职业检察官的反对意见在特朗普赶走前美国司法部长埃里克·西伯特(Erik Siebert)后，消息人士称，西伯特拒绝对科米和纽约司法部长莱蒂夏·詹姆斯(Letitia James)提起诉讼。
柯里法官在她的命令中说，检察官没有移交任何记录或抄本显示哈利根在她陈述期间的言论，其中大陪审团就哈利根寻求的三项罪名中的两项驳回了起诉，但拒绝起诉科米对国会作出虚假陈述的一项罪名。
“因此，政府被指示不迟于2025年11月5日星期三下午5点提交一份完整的副本和/或记录，供秘密审查，这些副本和/或记录是起诉书签署人于2025年9月25日向大陪审团所做的所有陈述，包括证人作证前后以及在提出三项指控和随后的两项指控期间所做的陈述，”库里写道。
科米的律师将于周三回到法庭，原因是与材料有关的证据争议问题，科米的律师认为这些材料可能包括特权信息，政府应被禁止审查。听证会将由一名单独的治安法官主持。
柯里将于下周四举行单独的动议听证会，听取对哈利根任命的质疑。
Judge in Comey case orders prosecutors to hand over full transcript of grand jury presentation
The federal judge overseeing former FBI Director James Comey'slegal challengeto the appointment of Lindsey Halligan as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia has ordered prosecutors to hand over a full transcript of Halligan's presentation to the grand jury that voted to indict Comey.
Judge Cameron Currie, who was appointed outside of the district to review the validity of Halligan's appointment, said in an order Tuesdaythat a transcript handed over by prosecutors "fails to include remarks made by the indictment signer both before and after the testimony of the sole witness, which remarks were referenced by the indictment signer during the witness's testimony."
Comeypleaded not guiltyon Oct. 8 to one count of false statements and one count of obstruction of a congressional proceeding related to his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2020, amid what critics call President Donald Trump'scampaign of retributionagainst his perceived political foes. Vice President JD Vance has said any such prosecutions are "driven by law and not by politics."
Halligan, who was Trump's handpicked choice for U.S. attorney, sought the indictment of Comey over theobjections of career prosecutorsafter Trump forced out previous U.S. attorney Erik Siebert who sources said had resisted bringing cases against Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Judge Currie, in her order, said prosecutors did not hand over any records or transcripts showing Halligan's remarks during her presentment in which the grand jury returned indictments on two of three counts sought by Halligan but declined to indict Comey on one count of making false statements to Congress.
"Accordingly, the Government is directed to submit, no later than Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at 5:00 pm, for in camera review, a complete Transcript and/or recording of all statements made by the indictment signer to the grand jury on September 25, 2025, to include statements made prior to and after the testimony of the witness and during the presentation of the three-count and subsequent two-count indictments," Currie wrote.
Comey's attorneys are set to be back in court Wednesday over an evidentiary dispute issue related to materials that Comey's attorneys contend could include privileged information and that the government should be barred from reviewing. That hearing will take place before a separate magistrate judge.
Currie is set to hold a separate motions hearing next Thursday to hear arguments on the challenges to Halligan's appointment.
