Trump’s Comey Witch Hunt Hit by Bombshell Prosecution Leak
The former FBI director has denied the allegations brought forward by Trump-loyalist prosecutors.
Federal prosecutors investigating former FBI Director James Comey have determined that a key witness in their probe would be a “problem” and could jeopardize the entire case, according to a damaging leak.
Sources told ABC News that investigators investigating President Donald Trump’s arch-enemy believed testimony from Daniel Richman—the law professor whom prosecutors say Comey authorized to leak information to the media—would contradict key allegations in the already stalled case.
Comey, who is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday on charges of lying to Congress, was charged by Lindsey Halligan, the acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, a Trump loyalist, even after Richman testified that Comey never authorized him to disclose information related to the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, according to the report.
According to reports, prosecutors investigating Comey’s 2020 lie to the Senate committee about his approval of the leaks believed Richman posed “potentially insurmountable challenges” to the prosecution.
However, Halligan continued the Comey case, widely considered the latest in a series of retaliatory prosecutions sought by Trump, and asked a Virginia grand jury to indict the former FBI director.
Halligan’s deputy himself expressed concerns about the strength of the case and cautioned against using Richman, citing fears he would be a hostile witness, according to ABC News sources.
Prosecutors spoke with Richman in September as part of the Comey investigation. During the interviews, Richman explicitly stated that he had never served as an anonymous source for Comey, according to ABC News sources. Richman added that Comey also advised him not to speak to the press about the Russiagate investigation.
Investigators even searched Comey’s emails to find a single instance where the FBI director agreed to disclose information to the press anonymously, but found none, according to sources close to the network.
As ABC News reported, prosecutors are not required to present evidence that could compromise their case during grand jury hearings. However, such evidence must be turned over to the defendant and their legal team during pretrial discovery proceedings.
Justice Department officials have privately expressed concerns about the flimsy case against Comey, whom Trump fired from the FBI in 2019, and its purely reprehensible nature, which would be part of the president’s retaliation against his perceived political opponents.
A Justice Department source told MSNBC after the charges against Comey were announced that the investigation was among the worst abuses of power in the Justice Department’s history.
Comey was charged shortly after Trump publicly ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to act immediately and prosecute the former FBI director, in a furious and distorted letter to Social Truth.
Halligan’s predecessor, Eric Seibert, resigned after refusing to bow to pressure from the president to indict another Trump foe, New York Attorney General Letitia James, on controversial real estate fraud charges.
