Trump admin vows to move quickly on Comey case despite setbacks: What to know
Senior Trump officials reiterated in recent days their plans to explore "all options" to proceed with criminal charges against former FBI director James Comey after a judge last week dismissed...
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Senior Trump officials reiterated in recent days their plans to explore "all options" to proceed with criminal charges against former FBI director James Comey after a judge last week dismissed his case on the grounds that the interim U.S. attorney tasked with prosecuting the case had been unlawfully appointed. Attorney General Pam Bondi vowed last week to "immediately appeal" the judge's ruling, which also rendered invalid a separate case brought by the same prosecutor against New York Attorney General Letitia James. In the interim, FBI Director Kash Patel said the FBI and Justice Department are exploring other options to keep Comey's case alive. "The judicial process can make whatever determination it wants, but we at the FBI and our partners at the DOJ have numerous options to proceed, and we're executing on all those options," Patel told the Epoch Times in an interview Saturday. COMEY SEEKS TO TOSS CRIMINAL CASE CALLING TRUMP PROSECUTOR 'UNLAWFUL' APPOINTEE "And we’re executing on all those options," Patel said. "We're not done." Patel did not elaborate on what that process might entail. But his remarks are the latest indication that the Trump administration has no plans to stand down on Comey's case, even in the face of what appears to be steep legal hurdles. Here's what we know about the dismissal of Comey's criminal case and what obstacles the Trump administration might face in efforts to revive it. Comey was indicted in September on one count of allegedly lying to Congress during testimony before a Senate subcommittee in 2020 and one count of obstruction stemming from the same event. Trump announced days earlier that Halligan would be heading up the Eastern District of Virginia to replace interim U.S. Attorney Erik Siebert. Siebert resigned under pressure to indict Comey and New York Attorney General James, as Fox News and other outlets previously reported. Comey's lawyers quickly filed two motions to dismiss his criminal case, including on the grounds that…