Prosecutors had relied now blocked evidence to indict former FBI Director James Comey on charges of making false statements and obstructing Congress.

A federal judge on Saturday temporarily barred prosecutors from using evidence seized from a key figure in the dismissed criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey, as the Department of Justice weighs new charges, court documents showed.

Daniel Richman, a law professor and former attorney for Comey, had filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleging prosecutors violated his Fourth Amendment rights by seizing material from his electronic devices during investigations in 2019 and 2020.

In granting a temporary restraining order on Saturday, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly wrote that “Ri

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