Ex-FBI chief James Comey wants a charge thrown out. Will a judge agree this year?

US prosecutors charged former FBI head James Comey without a grand jury. A judge was due to hear his request to end the charge on 30 October.

3 of 9Three of nine times a US judge threw out a charge a prosecutor filed alone, and six times the judge refused.

Will Comey's leak case be dismissed before 1 Jan 2027?

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Samuel Alito, 76, says he is staying for now. Will he announce an exit by New Year?

None of eight older US Supreme Court judges in this spot announced an exit from late October to New Year; a ninth left in August.

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Four of five times a US court briefly stopped government spending, it extended the order or made it longer, and once it let it go.

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In none of four such fights did a higher court pause the ruling within 25 days; three pauses took 45 days or more.

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