Late Wednesday night, a judge ordered the Justice Department to either destroy the materials or return them. He alleged those documents were then used to file charges against Comey in 2025 in the Eastern District of Virginia. He was fired after refusing to file charges against Comey again after a judge ruled that Halligan's appointment was not legal. It happened the same day a grand jury in the Southern District of Florida was empaneled, wrote national security expert and journalist Marcy Wheeler. Torrez commented, "As far as I can tell, this notice of compliance would seem to foreclose on Quinones being able to put Arctic Haze evidence in front of a Florida grand jury.