Prosecutors must return evidence seized from a key figure in the dismissed criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey , but the U.S. Department of Justice can seek a new warrant for the information, a federal judge has ruled.

The ruling is at least a temporary setback for prosecutors mulling another attempt to charge Comey, one of President Donald Trump's critics whom the DOJ has sought to prosecute.

A lawyer for Richman declined to comment on Saturday.

U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington ruled that while prosecutors must return files seized from Daniel Richman, a law professor and former attorney for Comey, a copy can be deposited with the court for safekeeping in the event that prosecutors seek a new warrant.

Richman sued last month seeking to bar

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