BREAKING: Judge dismisses DOJ criminal cases against Comey & James.
A federal judge on Monday dismissed the cases against two of President Trump’s political adversaries after finding that the prosecutor Trump handpicked to pursue charges against them was unlawfully appointed.
U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie said that Lindsey Halligan, the U.S. attorney selected by Trump to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), was never eligible to assume the post.
A 120-day clock on interim appointments expired during the previous prosecutor’s tenure, the judge said, meaning the authority to appoint a replacement fell with the district’s federal judges, not Attorney General Pam Bondi.
“In light of these principles, I conclude that all actions flowing from Ms. Halligan’s defective appointment, including securing and signing Mr. Comey’s indictment, constitute unlawful exercises of executive power and must be set aside,” Currie wrote, repeating the paragraph word-for-word in her ruling dismissing James’s case.
She dismissed the indictments without prejudice, meaning the Justice Department could try to bring the charges again with another prosecutor, though the path forward is uncertain.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5620432-judge-dismisses-trump-adversaries-cases/
U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie said that Lindsey Halligan, the U.S. attorney selected by Trump to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), was never eligible to assume the post.
A 120-day clock on interim appointments expired during the previous prosecutor’s tenure, the judge said, meaning the authority to appoint a replacement fell with the district’s federal judges, not Attorney General Pam Bondi.
“In light of these principles, I conclude that all actions flowing from Ms. Halligan’s defective appointment, including securing and signing Mr. Comey’s indictment, constitute unlawful exercises of executive power and must be set aside,” Currie wrote, repeating the paragraph word-for-word in her ruling dismissing James’s case.
She dismissed the indictments without prejudice, meaning the Justice Department could try to bring the charges again with another prosecutor, though the path forward is uncertain.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5620432-judge-dismisses-trump-adversaries-cases/
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