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Patriot Brief
Clinton-appointed judges blocked DOJ efforts to preserve key evidence tied to James Comey.
Rulings complicate potential re-indictment over Comey’s alleged false statements to Congress.
Critics say judiciary is shielding Russiagate architects from accountability.
James Comey’s long political afterlife just got another judicial assist — and it’s hard to pretend it’s coincidental. With two Clinton-appointed judges now intervening to invalidate charges and order the destruction or return of evidence, the Justice Department’s effort to hold the former FBI director accountable is being kneecapped from the bench.
The underlying issue is simple: Comey testified under oath that he did not authorize leaks to the media, only to later admit he did exactly that through his friend Daniel Richman. That testimony formed the basis of the charges. Yet instead of allowing prosecutors to proceed, courts are erecting procedural roadblocks that conveniently run out the clock on statutes of limitation.
Even more troubling is the venue-shopping element — a friendly judge outside the criminal case stepping in to erase access to evidence lawfully obtained years ago. This isn’t neutral jurisprudence; it’s institutional protection. If lawfare created Russiagate, lawfare now seems determined to bury its architects.
From Western Journal:
Former FBI Director James Comey got another assist from a Clinton-appointed judge Friday as the Justice Department looks to hold him accountable for his role in Russiagate.
Last month, U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, a Clinton appointee, ruled that Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan was incorrectly appointed and therefore, the charges brought by her office against Comey were “defective.”
“All actions flowing from Ms. Halligan’s defective appointment … constitute unlawful exercises of executive power and must be set aside,” the judge wrote.
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced at the time that the Justice Department would be appealing the ruling.
However, on Friday, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, also appointed by Clinton, ordered the DOJ to return data it obtained through a lawful search warrant in 2017 from Comey’s longtime friend, University of Columbia law professor Daniel Richman.
The judge also directed the agency to destroy any copies of emails or other correspondence it had in its possession between Richman and Comey, Politico reported.
This is information that the DOJ will likely need access to reindict Comey for allegedly making false statements to Congress.
The former FBI director, whom President Donald Trump fired in May 2017, denied during congressional testimony soon thereafter that he had leaked classified information to the media through a third-party intermediary, i.e., Richman.
With the newly declassified records via @FBIDirectorKash into media leaks and the role of third parties,
Director Comey’s 2017 testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee about leaks appears problematic.@ChuckGrassley : Director Comey have you ever been an anonymous source in… pic.twitter.com/i2m6aRFCaj
— Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) August 14, 2025
But it was later revealed — and Comey ultimately admitted — that he had asked Richman to pass along classified information to the media to spur the DOJ to appoint a special counsel to investigate and potentially prosecute President Donald Trump and members of his campaign team for allegedly colluding with Russia during the 2016 presidential election.
This is James Comey in February 2020 talking to his friend Daniel Richman.
Comey said that Daniel Richman’s leaks (on Comey’s behalf) hastened the appointment of a special counsel.
Fast forward to today and a corrupt democrat operative in a robe ruled that evidence linked to… pic.twitter.com/iX0T1lPFvt
— The Researcher (@listen_2learn) December 12, 2025
The Trump DOJ is seeking to hold Comey accountable for lying to Congress.
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