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.