Live Updates: Lindsey Halligan says full grand jury never saw final indictment it handed up against Comey [View all]

Source: CNN

The full grand jury never reviewed the indictment it handed up against former FBI Director James Comey, interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan conceded Wednesday.

In a shocking back and forth, prosecutors said that instead of presenting a new indictment to the grand jury after it declined to approve one of the counts, Halligan simply brought an altered version to the magistrate's courtroom for the grand jury's foreperson to sign.

"The new indictment wasn't a new indictment," Lemons said, attempting to justify that it was only reviewed by the foreperson.

Judge Michael Nachmanoff quickly called Halligan, who was the only prosecutor who presented the case to the grand jury, to the lectern, asking her to confirm that the entire grand jury was never presented the altered indictment.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/james-comey-doj-case-hearing-11-19-25

Lindsey Halligan, Trump's handpicked US attorney, admits full grand jury never saw final indictment handed up against former FBI Director James Comey. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/4phX4hb

— CNN (@cnn.com) 2025-11-19T16:41:56.709352001Z

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The full grand jury never reviewed the indictment it handed up against Comey.

Prosecutors said, instead of presenting a new indictment after the grand jury declined to approve one of the counts, Halligan simply brought an altered version for the grand jury's foreperson to sign.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) 2025-11-19T16:56:02.897Z