FILE PHOTO: U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi attends a press conference, as she unveils actions against the state of Maine, which is locked in a dispute with the Trump administration over transgender policy, at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 16, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Judge Michael Nachmanoff has rejected the Justice Department's effort to block access to grand jury minutes in the case of former FBI Director James Comey, Lawfare's Roger Parloff said, posting the decision.
Comey was indicted by a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia for allegedly lying to Congress. His lawyer requested all the information from that grand jury as part of his defense, but the DOJ turned over only some of it.
Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick rejected the DOJ's efforts to block those, and the DOJ appealed.
In less than 24 hours, Judge Nachmanoff shot down the attempts to stay the order or vacate Fitzpatrick's ruling entirely. Instead, Nachmanoff remanded it back to Fitzpatrick.
