Nov 24, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Bondi vows to appeal dismissal of Comey, James cases

Rebecca Falconer

A bleached-blonde, long-haired Attorney General Pam Bondi, wearing a velvet maroon jacket and top, gestures with her left hand as she speaks to a reporter (off camera) at a podium in front of a blue curtain with the DOJ and US flags as two dark-haired, white, suited men look on. — Attorney General Pam Bondi, accompanied by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche (right), speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., last week. Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Attorney General Pam Bondi said she'll "take all available legal action, including an immediate appeal" after a judge dismissed the cases against New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) and former FBI Director James Comey on Monday.

The big picture: Bondi during a Monday briefing defended the credentials of President Trump's former personal attorney, Lindsey Halligan, the interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia at the center of the judge's reasons for the case's dismissal earlier Monday.

Driving the news: Senior U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie dismissed both the James and Comey cases without prejudice after finding that the appointment of Halligan, who has no previous prosecutorial experience, to be "defective."

What she's saying: "Lindsey Halligan is an excellent U.S. attorney and shame on them for not wanting her in office," Bondi said during the briefing in Memphis, Tennessee.

Bondi was asked at the briefing for a reaction to Comey's comments after his case was dismissed that Trump "cannot use the Department of Justice to target his political enemies."
"I'm going to keep going on this," she said in response to the question. "I'm not worried about someone who has been charged with a very serious crime. His alleged actions were a betrayal of public trust, so."

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