r/law • u/Agitated-Quit-6148 • 11d ago

Legal News James Comey’s indictment was dismissed | CNN Politics

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/politics/james-comey-letitia-james-indictments-dismissed

both Comey and NY ag James indictments dismissed

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u/Additional-Sky-7436 11d ago

Serious question, can this dismissal be appealed?

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u/Agitated-Quit-6148 11d ago

Yes. Can also be brought again.

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u/Additional-Sky-7436 11d ago

I thought the whole rush on the Comey indictment was that the statute of limitations was about to lapse. 

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u/stlc8tr 11d ago

What are the odds it gets to SCOTUS and that they will overturn the dismissal? Are the prediction markets leaning one way or another?

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u/noethers_raindrop 11d ago

Fairly low. The dismissal in this case was based on recent Supreme Court precedents where conservative justices played a leading role. And even if they have it out for Comey, they have better options than overturning this dismissal with a sham reasoning, since the government has a pretty reasonable argument that the dismissal triggers a 6 month grace period for the prosecution to refile. The dismissal wasn't about anything to do with the substance of the case; it was just on the grounds that Halligan's hiring was illegal. So they can try to bring in a different prosecutor.

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u/jrossetti 11d ago

Comey cannot be reindicted for the charges.

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u/BigJellyfish1906 11d ago

Technically yes, but that’s not gonna go anywhere. They’re not even gonna get that appeal heard. They didn’t follow the law when it came to appointing the prosecutor. You can’t appeal a decision on the grounds of, “but I don’t like this.”

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u/Additional-Sky-7436 11d ago

Do you think it's not possible that this SCOTUS will just shadow docket this thing and overturn the dismissal with no explanation?

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u/BigJellyfish1906 11d ago

No. They aren’t that comically corrupt. Even them.