FBI Director Kash Patel said Saturday that he does not consider the prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey to be over, despite a federal judge’s decision to dismiss the perjury case against him.
Comey was indicted in the Eastern District of Virginia in late September on charges of making false statements and obstruction of justice, based on allegations that he lied under oath to Congress.
The charges followed pressure from President Donald Trump, who had urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to pursue cases against several of his political adversaries, including Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.
In an interview with The Epoch Times, Patel told senior editor Jan Jekielek that the Trump administration had “numerous options to proceed” against Comey.
“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 said.
When pressed for more details, Patel noted, “I would say stay tuned for right after Thanksgiving and you’ll see multiple responses, in my opinion.”
Patel dropped even more bombshells about the infamous “burn bags.”
“You’re going to see everything we found in that room, in one way or another, be it through investigation, public trial, or disclosure to the Congress,” Patel said.
“It is the single largest weaponization, politicization of law enforcement against America, and specifically targeting a political party, because the institutional elite in Washington, D.C., didn’t like them and didn’t want them to win,” he added.
President Donald Trump dismissed Comey as FBI director in 2017 over his alleged ties to the Hillary Clinton campaign’s attempted smear of Trump with a phony ‘Russia collusion’ allegation, and the former bureau chief has remained a frequent target of criticism from Trump and his allies.
Last week, U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie determined that Lindsey Halligan had been appointed interim U.S. attorney just two days before Comey’s case, despite having no prior prosecutorial experience. Currie’s ruling disqualifying her makes her actions — including signing Comey’s indictment — legally invalid.
“I conclude that all actions flowing from Ms Halligan’s defective appointment, including securing and signing Mr Comey’s indictment, constitute unlawful exercises of executive power and must be set aside,” Currie wrote in his ruling.
However, he dismissed Comey’s case and a separate one against New York Attorney General Letitia James, who has been charged with mortgage fraud, without prejudice, meaning they can be refiled.
“We’ll be taking all available legal action, including an immediate appeal to hold Letitia James and James Comey accountable for their unlawful conduct,” US Attorney General Pam Bondi said after the dismissal. “I’m not worried about someone who has been charged with a very serious crime. His [Comey’s] alleged actions are a betrayal of public trust.”
She also addressed the judge’s response to Halligan’s appointment.
“Shame on them for not wanting her in office,” Bondi fumed. “I’ll tell you, Lindsay Halligan, I talked to all of our US attorneys, the majority of them around the country, and Lindsay Halligan is an excellent US attorney.”
She added, added: “We have made Lindsay Halligan a special US attorney so she is in court, she can fight in court just like she was, and we believe we will be successful on appeal.”
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked last week if Trump was “going after” his political opponents – though Comey and James certainly targeted Trump.
“I wouldn’t say he’s ‘going after’ them. I think the president is more determined than ever to see accountability in this country. And to correct the wrongs of the weaponization of our justice system that we saw under the previous administration and Joe Biden,” Leavitt explained.
