The criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James are over, but what comes next largely depends on whether the Trump administration can overcome legal challenges to the authority of temporary prosecutors it has appointed in jurisdictions across the country.

The sharply worded ruling that tossed both indictments and removed the prosecutor who brought them on Monday has raised a series of new legal and political uncertainties for the Justice Department as it navigates one of the most volatile disputes for the justice system since President Donald Trump returned to office this year.