Watchdog group seeks probe of Comey, Letitia James cases [View all]
Source: CBS News
October 14, 2025 / 6:00 AM EDT
Former federal ethics officials who served in Republican and Democratic administrations are asking the Justice Department's inspector general to investigate the prosecutions of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. In a letter obtained by CBS News, ethics officials who worked in the Obama and George W. Bush administrations urged a formal review of interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Lindsey Halligan's decision to prosecute Comey and James.
They sent their request Tuesday to Acting Justice Department Inspector General William Blier, writing, "Ms. Halligan pursued these indictments to fulfill President Donald J. Trump's longstanding personal vendetta against Mr. Comey and Ms. James, we are facing a turning point in our democracy and some of the most egregious examples of vindictive and meritless prosecution that our nation has ever seen."
The letter was written by leaders of the Democracy Defenders Fund, a Washington-based nonpartisan group that has frequently been critical of the Trump administration.
The group is led by Norm Eisen, former ethics official for President Barack Obama; Richard Painter, a former associate counsel to President George W. Bush; and Virginia Canter, a former White House associate counsel to Presidents Bill Clinton and Obama.
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Link to Democracy Defenders Fund PRESS RELEASE - PRESS RELEASE|INDICTMENT OF LETITIA JAMES IS A DANGEROUS ESCALATION IN TRUMP’S CAMPAIGN OF RETRIBUTION
Link to Democracy Defenders original ETHICS COMPLAINT (PDF) - https://fb1cd5ab-5a51-475c-87d1-10904a61146d.usrfiles.com/ugd/fb1cd5_11acef96beaa49f189e24e7b68625d3e.pdf
Link to Democracy Defenders Fund website - https://www.democracydefendersfund.org/
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