The Justice Department fired one of the top lawyers in the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia after he refused to pursue charges against James Comey following a decision from a judge to toss out the case.
Robert McBride, the number 2 official in the EDVA, was fired
A grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia indicted former FBI Director James Comey in September. He was indicted on two counts – false statements and obstruction of a congressional proceeding.
However, Comey’s case is dismissed – for now.
A federal judge previously dismissed the criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James.
Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, a Clinton appointee, ruled that US Attorney Lindsey Halligan’s appointment violated the Appointments Clause of the Constitution.
Lindsey Halligan is still pursuing the case against Comey.
However, McBride was stonewalling and refusing to re-prosecute Comey.
According to MS Now, McBride also secretly met with federal judges in the Eastern District of Virginia without Halligan’s knowledge.
MS Now reported:
The Justice Department has fired the No. 2 official in the U.S. attorney’s office for the Eastern District of Virginia after he declined to lead the controversial prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey, according to multiple people briefed on the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to speak freely.
Robert McBride, 64, a Justice prosecutor and former Navy lawyer, was brought into the prominent satellite office of the Justice Department to serve as first assistant to U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan and took a more prominent role as her status was in question and after a judge ruled in late November that she was not legally appointed to run the office.
McBride, a prosecutor and former supervisor in a U.S. attorney’s office in Kentucky, had been asked in recent days to run the Comey case, and told top Justice officials he felt it would be difficult to do that and also run the office, according to the people.
Halligan had also recently learned that McBride held private meetings with federal judges in the Eastern District of Virginia, according to a source familiar with McBride’s removal.
Scoop with @CarolLeonnig: DOJ has fired the No. 2 official in the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Eastern District of Virginia after he met privately with judges and declined to lead the prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey, per sources.
https://t.co/aZGVsqqUic— Ken Dilanian (@KDilanianMSNOW) January 12, 2026
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