The Trump administration has issued an explanation over an alleged gap in the transcript during the grand jury presentation that resulted in the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey .

On Friday, in a flurry of court filings, the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Lindsey Halligan insisted the transcript was entirely aboveboard – despite the purported absence.

Earlier this week , Senior U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, a Bill Clinton appointee, called attention to an apparent problem with the transcript and squarely put the DOJ further on the defensive.

The contretemps comes amid the still-unspooling battle over whether Halligan was lawfully appointed as interim U.S. attorney.

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