Judge in Comey case blocks order mandating DOJ hand over grand jury evidence.
The Comey team went over the sitting judges head and got a Federal Magistrate to demand that the government turn over grand jury evidence to the Comey lawyers. The Justice Department requested the stay earlier Monday. They WENT TO THE JUDGE HEARING THE CASE.
The federal judge overseeing former FBI Director James Comey’s criminal case on Monday granted a request from federal prosecutors to block a magistrate judge’s order that mandated they hand over a trove of grand jury evidence to Comey’s attorneys.
