According to a transcript of the proceedings obtained by CBS News, Judge Vaala asked the newly named interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan — a former Trump personal lawyer — why there were two versions of the indictment.
But two versions of the indictment were published on the case docket: one with the dropped third count, and one without.
I've been handed two documents that are in the Mr. Comey case that are inconsistent with one another," Vaala said to Halligan.
And she noted that one document did not clearly indicate what the grand jury had decided.
"The one that says it's a failure to concur in an indictment, it doesn't say with respect to one count," Vaala said.
In an unusual move, Comey's indictment was personally signed by Halligan, not a rank-and-file federal prosecutor.
Attorney General Pam Bondi praised Halligan in a post on X Friday, writing that she "did an outstanding job.". »