Donald Trump's DOJ is backtracking after a major "admission" in court.
Lindsay Halligan, who was tapped as interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, admitted during brief testimony Wednesday that the indictment in the case against Trump foe James Comey was never shown to or voted on by a full grand jury before it was presented in open court, reported CNN.
But the DOJ backtracked on Thursday, according to court filings flagged by MS Now legal analyst Lisa Rubin."
"NEW: In a new filing, DOJ now claims that the two-count indictment against Jim Comey was shown to the full grand jury after all, despite this exchange between a DOJ lawyer and Judge Michael Nachmanoff," she wrote. "Today, DOJ says the transcript of the 9/25/25 proceedings before Magistrate Judge Lindsay Vaala, at which the indictment was returned, 'conclusively refutes that claim and establishes that the grand jury voted on – and true-billed – the two-count indictment.'"
