DOJ expected to seek new indictment of Letitia James: Report

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00:00New this morning, federal prosecutors are now moving to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James,

00:08just one week after a judge threw out the original case.

00:12MS Now reports a new grand jury in Norfolk, Virginia, is expected to hear evidence as early as today,

00:18presented by a federal prosecutor brought in from Missouri.

00:21A federal judge dismissed the first round of indictments against James and former FBI Director James Comey,

00:27ruling that the acting U.S. attorney who brought the charges was not legally appointed and had no authority to prosecute.

00:34The judge, though, left the door open for the DOJ to try again.

00:38According to MS Now, top Justice Department officials have been split on how to proceed

00:43and are still weighing whether Comey can even be charged again because of a possible statute of limitations issue.

00:49All of this comes after months of internal turmoil inside the Eastern District of Virginia,

00:54where career prosecutors warned there was no factual basis for either case,

00:59even as the White House pushed for charges.