Comey's Attorneys Return to Court to Fight Justice Department's Third Bid to Charge Him

Attorneys for former FBI Director James Comey are expected to ask a judge to dismiss new criminal allegations that accuse him of mishandling classified information in 2016, ABC News reported.

According to the same report, Comey's attorneys are returning to court to fight the Justice Department's efforts to charge him. The headline describes this as the third time the department has sought to bring charges against him, and the summary repeats that account in shorter form, without elaborating on the earlier attempts.

The report states that the attorneys are expected to ask a judge to dismiss the allegations, but its summary does not name the court or the judge, and it does not identify a hearing date. It also does not describe the classified material at issue beyond the general allegation of mishandling in 2016, and it does not say what became of the earlier charging efforts that the headline references.

ABC News published the report on October 30, 2026, and the report lists no author. The summary includes no statement from the Justice Department, from Comey, or from his legal team, and no direct quotation from any party appears in the material available for this story.

Because the material available for this account is limited to the headline and a short summary, the points reported here are confined to what that material states. Further detail about the court proceedings, the specific allegations, and the positions of the parties would have to come from the full ABC News report, which is not reproduced in the summary.

Sources: ABC News: Comey's attorneys return to court to fight DOJ's efforts to charge him for 3rd time.