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A federal judge on Saturday night threw up a roadblock to the Justice Department’s plans to seek another indictment against former FBI Director James Comey as early this upcoming week.

The decision by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of U.S. District Court in Washington temporarily blocked the department from using a crucial trove of evidence in its efforts to bring new charges against Comey. But it was unclear whether the ruling would permanently stop prosecutors from trying to reindict him.

Kollar-Kotelly’s four-page decision barred the government until at least next Friday from having access to much of the evidence it employed to secure its original indictment against Comey in late September. The move effectively prevents the Trump administrat

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