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A federal judge appointed by former President Joe Biden was assigned to preside over the Department of Justice’s prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey, who stands accused of lying to Congress.

Judge Michael Nachmanoff of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia set an arraignment for Oct. 9 in the case involving one of President Donald Trump’s top political nemeses.

Nachmanoff is a former public defender, which lawyer William Shipley said is a sign that he might not be an "activist progressive judge." Shipley, a former longtime federal prosecutor who defended dozens of Jan. 6 defendants, said in a social media post that Nachmanoff might be the "best potential draw" of the district's Biden-appoi

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