Python List Comprehension to Delete Dict in List

{
   "Credentials": [
      {
         "realName": "Jimmy John",
         "toolsOut": null,
         "username": "291R"
      },
      {
         "realName": "Grant Hanson",
         "toolsOut": null,
         "username": "98U9"
      },
      {
         "realName": "Gill French",
         "toolsOut": null,
         "username": "F114"
      }
   ]
}    

I have a json file formatted as above and I am trying to have a function delete an entry based on the username input from a user. I want the file to then be overwritten with the entry removed.

I have tried this:

 def removeUserFunc(SID):
            print(SID.get())
            with open('Credentials.json','r+') as json_file:
                data = json.load(json_file)
                data['Credentials'][:] = [item for item in data['Credentials'] if item['username'] != SID.get()]
                json_file.seek(0)
                json.dump(data,json_file,indent=3,sort_keys=True)

It partially works as everything in the Credentials section looks normal, but it appends a strange copied piece to the end that breaks the JSON. Say I was removing Grant and I ran this code, my JSON looks like below:

{
   "Credentials": [
      {
         "realName": "Marcus Koga",
         "toolsOut": null,
         "username": "291F"
      },
      {
         "realName": "Gill French",
         "toolsOut": null,
         "username": "F114"
      }
   ]
}        "realName": "Gill French",
         "toolsOut": null,
         "username": "F114"
      }
   ]
}

I am relatively new to Python and editing JSONs as well.

Answer

You need to truncate the file after writing:

 def removeUserFunc(SID):
            print(SID.get())
            with open('Credentials.json','r+') as json_file:
                data = json.load(json_file)
                data['Credentials'][:] = [item for item in data['Credentials'] if item['username'] != SID.get()]
                json_file.seek(0)
                json.dump(data,json_file,indent=3,sort_keys=True)
                json_file.truncate()