The developments in Virginia come as Attorney General Bondi continues to expand her department’s investigation into what she calls a “decade-long pattern of weaponization” of the Justice Department and intelligence community against conservatives. Bondi told Just the News earlier this month that prosecutors are using an “ongoing conspiracy” legal framework to pursue criminal accountability for actions stretching back to the Obama administration’s surveillance of Trump associates.
Bondi has also credited Halligan’s office for “fearlessly taking on entrenched corruption inside the system.”
Legal analysts say McBride’s firing underscores the Trump administration’s determination to press forward with prosecutions that prior administrations declined to pursue. “The message is clear — internal resistance will not derail this Justice Department’s mission,” said one former federal prosecutor familiar with the case.
The firing also signals a shift toward tighter White House oversight of politically sensitive prosecutions. Vice President JD Vance has reportedly been briefed on the matter and supports Bondi’s efforts to restore what he called “institutional integrity and equal justice.”
The Justice Department has not indicated when Comey’s re-indictment will be filed, but officials confirmed that the case remains active and that “additional defendants” may face charges stemming from related investigations into FBI conduct during the Trump-Russia probe.
