Breaking: Clinton Judge Dismisses Indictments of Both James Comey and "Big Tish" James, Claiming the US Attorney Prosecuting Them Was Unlawfully Installed

Of course.

A federal judge on Monday dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at President Donald Trump's urging was illegally appointed by the Justice Department.

The rulings from U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie halt at least for now a pair of prosecutions that had hastened concerns that the Justice Department was being weaponized to pursue the president's political adversaries and amount to a stunning rebuke of the Trump administration's legal maneuvering to install a loyal, and inexperienced, prosecutor willing to file the cases.

The orders make Lindsey Halligan the latest Trump administration prosecutor to be disqualified because of the manner in which they were appointed. Both defendants had asked for the cases to be dismissed with prejudice, meaning that the Justice Department would not be able to bring them again. But the judge instead dismissed them without prejudice, though it was not immediately clear if or how the Justice Department might attempt to revive the prosecutions.

Quick note: When a Republican-appointed judge rules against Trump, the media always points out he's a "Bush appointee" or "Trump appointee" (as just happened in the Texas redistricting case).

When it's a left-wing judge appointed by a Democrat, the media suddenly forgets how to use Google.

The indictments can be refiled, this leftwing judge grants, with a new prosecutor -- but the statute of limitations on James Comey has, oopsie!, already ran.

Kaelan Deese @KaelanDC

BREAKING 🚨: A judge ruled that Trump’s pick Lindsey Halligan was "illegally appointed" as U.S. attorney and tossed the Comey and James cases. The dismissals are "without prejudice," meaning they could technically be refiled -- though Comey's attorneys say the statute of limitations has already run.

posted by Ace at 01:20 PM

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