DOJ Fires Top Prosecutor After Refusal to Re-Prosecute James Comey

The Justice Department has fired Robert McBride, the No. 2 official in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA), after he declined to move forward with a renewed prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey, multiple sources confirmed Monday.

McBride’s termination marks the most significant internal shake-up yet in the Trump administration’s broad push to restore accountability within the Justice Department, particularly in offices long viewed as protectors of the intelligence establishment.

According to multiple officials briefed on the matter, McBride’s dismissal stemmed from his refusal to re-prosecute Comey after a federal judge temporarily dismissed the case. The decision came following U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie’s late-November ruling that U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan’s appointment violated the Appointments Clause of the Constitution because she had not been properly confirmed by the Senate at the time she brought charges.

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