A federal judge has temporarily barred the Justice Department from accessing some evidence it had used in its case against former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey, according to a court document.

Why It Matters

The order hinders the U.S. government's attempts to place new charges on Comey after a federal judge threw out indictments against the former FBI chief and New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday.

Both are considered political opponents to President Donald Trump. A judge found last month that the prosecutor leading the cases against Comey and James, Lindsey Halligan, was not lawfully appointed.

The evidence in Saturday's order relates to emails accounts and a computer belonging to Daniel Richman, a former attorney for Comey and a law professor

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