{"id":2652424,"date":"2026-08-31T15:31:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T19:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grand-jury-subpoena-indicates-a-new-investigation-against-james-comey-underway-report\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T15:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T19:42:14","slug":"grand-jury-subpoena-indicates-a-new-investigation-against-james-comey-underway-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grand-jury-subpoena-indicates-a-new-investigation-against-james-comey-underway-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Jury Subpoena Indicates a New Investigation Against James Comey Underway: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgrand-jury-subpoena-indicates-a-new-investigation-against-james-comey-underway-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2652424&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missouri-man-charged-with-threatening-to-murder-2-us-congressmen\/\" title=\"Missouri Man Charged With Threatening to Murder 2 US Congressmen\">federal grand jury<\/a> has issued a subpoena too Daniel Richman, a Columbia Law School professor and former advisor to James Comey, as part of a justice Department inquiry into potential leaks of classified facts to The New York times. This inquiry reopens an earlier leak investigation from the Trump governance era, with no charges currently filed against Richman or Comey. Comey is also facing separate legal issues, including a recent indictment related to alleged threats against President Trump. The investigation focuses on how FBI information may have been leaked to reporters, but no public allegations or charges have been made at this stage.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A federal grand jury has issued a subpoena to Daniel Richman, a longtime friend and former adviser to James Comey, law enforcement sources told Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>The demand went out Monday as part of a new Justice Department inquiry into whether classified information was leaked to The New York Times, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/new-federal-grand-jury-subpoena-issued-former-james-comey-advisor-leak-investigation-sources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Fox correspondent Brooke Taylor first flagged the subpoena on X, citing multiple sources.<\/p>\n<p>Richman is a Columbia Law School professor. He has also served as Comey\u2019s lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors have previously treated him as a central figure in questions about how FBI information reached reporters during the first Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>That earlier leak investigation was active at the end of Trump\u2019s first term and then stopped after President Joe Biden took office, the sources said.<\/p>\n<p>The new grand jury work reopens that file.<\/p>\n<p>A subpoena is a demand for testimony or records. It is not a charge against Richman or Comey.<\/p>\n<p>Comey has not been convicted in this leak matter, and the sources described an investigation, not a completed case.<\/p>\n<p>The leak probe sits beside other federal scrutiny of the former FBI director.<\/p>\n<p>Comey already faces a separate indictment, returned in April, over alleged threats against President Donald Trump. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche called threatening the president \u201ca grave violation of our nation\u2019s laws\u201d when that case was announced.<\/p>\n<p>Comey\u2019s lawyers have called that prosecution vindictive. 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