Former FBI Director James Comey is expected to soon be indicted for allegedly lying to Congress, several reports Wednesday afternoon confirmed.
U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan in Virginia is planning to ask a grand jury in the next few days to indict Comey, despite prosecutors saying there was not enough evidence to charge the former director, ABC News reported.
Halligan was President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and was tapped to serve in Virginia’s Eastern District and was sworn in on Monday by Attorney General Pam Bondi, Politico reported.
According to sources familiar with a memo, prosecutors asked Halligan to decline bringing perjury and obstruction charges against Comey.
It comes after prosecutors at the Department of Justice failed to establish probable cause of a crime following a monthslong investigation into Comey.
ABC News noted in its report that DOJ prosecutors are typically banned from bringing charges unless they can prove that a defendant is more likely than not to be found guilty and the conviction can be upheld if it’s appealed.
Still, reports circulated Wednesday that Halligan, a former insurance lawyer, plans to present the evidence to a grand jury soon, since the statute of limitations for Comey’s alleged charges will expire on Tuesday.
The investigation centered on whether Comey made false statements during his testimony to Congress in September 2020 about his investigation into Russian tampering in the 2016 presidential election. Comey’s involvement has been a focal point for Trump and other Republicans, particularly as he handled a separate investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email use.
Comey has maintained over the years that he was speaking the truth and did not lie under oath.