President Donald Trump ’s long-running feud with former FBI Director James Comey is possibly reaching its crescendo this week, as federal prosecutors face a deadline on Tuesday to seek an indictment stemming from Comey’s sworn testimony about the Russia investigation.

Prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia have reviewed allegations that Comey lied to Congress in 2020 when he denied authorizing media leaks about the Trump-Russia investigation. But the case has stalled internally, with career-line prosecutors warning newly installed U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan that the evidence may fall short of establishing probable cause — let alone meeting the Department of Justice’s high bar for charging a public figure with false statements.

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