A federal grand jury on Monday subpoenaed longtime James Comey adviser Daniel Richman, as part of a renewed probe into into whether the former FBI director improperly disclosed sensitive information to the media during Trump's first term. 

News of the subpoena comes as the Justice Department has sought to more aggressively prosecute Trump's political foes - including former law enforcement and intelligence officials that the president sees as having wronged him.

Richman featured in the Justice Department's first-term investigation into whether Comey retained memos of his private conversations with Trump after leaving the FBI in 2017, and whether he leaked them to the press after Trump fired him. 

It is unclear how Richman fits into it the new probe.

But the probe would be the third the department has opened or revived against him since Trump returned to office in January 2025, inviting fresh accusations of 'weaponization.'

The Justice Department ultimately declined to prosecute Comey for retaining the private memos, though its inspector general's office concluded in a sharply worded 2019 report that he had violated internal DOJ policies by doing so. 

Since Trump returned to the White House last year, the department has indicted Comey twice. The first case, accusing him of lying to Congress, was tossed out by a judge in Virginia. 

The second sprang from an Instagram photo Comey shared in May 2025, in which seashells were seen arranged to depict the numbers '8647.'

The phrase '86' can be used to signal the removal of something, though Comey - who was indicted on making threats against the president- has denied knowledge of its meaning. 

He is slated to appear for his arraignment in federal court next month. 

This is a developing story. Check back soon for updates.