Patel Drops Big Hint About What’s Next In Comey Case

FBI Director Kash Patel made clear Saturday that the case against disgraced former FBI Director James Comey is far from over — even after a federal judge threw out the perjury indictment against him.

Comey was charged in late September in the Eastern District of Virginia with making false statements and obstruction of justice, stemming from allegations that he lied to Congress under oath. The indictment came after President Donald Trump urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to pursue long-delayed accountability for several high-profile political actors, including Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Speaking with The Epoch Times senior editor Jan Jekielek, Patel emphasized that the dismissal does not close the door on prosecution.

“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.

Pressed on what that meant, Patel hinted that new developments are imminent.

“I would say stay tuned for right after Thanksgiving and you’ll see multiple responses, in my opinion,” he added.

Patel also previewed revelations tied to the now-notorious “burn bags” — the cache of improperly destroyed federal records linked to Comey and other senior officials.

“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.

He described the scandal as “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.”

Comey has been a central figure in the years-long fight over the FBI’s political interference. President Trump fired him in 2017 over his role in promoting the Clinton-crafted Russia-collusion smear, a hoax that Comey and the FBI aggressively pushed despite knowing its origins.

But Comey’s temporary legal reprieve arrived last week when U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie ruled that interim U.S. attorney Lindsey Halligan — who signed the indictment — had been improperly appointed just two days prior, with no prosecutorial background. Currie ruled that all actions flowing from her appointment were 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.

However, crucially, the judge dismissed the charges without prejudice — leaving the door open for the DOJ to refile both the Comey case and the separate mortgage-fraud case against New York AG Letitia James.

Attorney General Bondi signaled immediately that the fight is far from finished.

“We’ll be taking all available legal action, including an immediate appeal to hold Letitia James and James Comey accountable for their unlawful conduct,” Bondi said. “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.”

Bondi also blasted the criticism of Halligan’s appointment.

“Shame on them for not wanting her in office,” she said. “I’ll tell you, Lindsay Halligan… is an excellent US attorney.”

Bondi added that Halligan has now been made a special U.S. attorney so she can continue litigating the cases while the appeal moves forward.

At the White House, press secretary Karoline Leavitt pushed back against left-wing claims that Trump is “going after” political opponents.

“I wouldn’t say he’s ‘going after’ them,” Leavitt said. “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.”