With a President openingly telling people he’s after Comey for his vindictive reasons?
The Federal judge has zeroed in on how the Justice Department has followed Trump’s orders to indict Comey. with people ‘brought in ‘ to do the dirty work……..
A federal magistrate judge scolded Justice Department prosecutors on Wednesday for an “indict first, investigate second” posture in the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey, raising new questions about a “highly unusual” case that was ordered up at President Donald Trump’s command.
Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick raised his concerns at a hearing to resolve questions about how prosecutors were handling evidence against Comey, who is facing a two-count indictment for allegedly lying to Congress in 2020 about the FBI’s investigation into Trump’s contacts with Russia.
The indictment was engineered by Trump in September after he demanded that Attorney General Pam Bondi bring immediate prosecutions of his political adversaries. He pressed her to appoint his former personal lawyer Lindsey Halligan to a key federal prosecuting office in Virginia….
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Halligan, who was seated at the Justice Department’s table Wednesday, personally secured the indictment against Comey several days later.
Halligan’s unusual role — singlehandedly presenting to the grand jury and securing the indictment without support of career prosecutors – has drawn significant scrutiny. It has formed the basis of Comey’s effort to sink the indictment by labeling it a “vindictive” prosecution meant to satisfy Trump’s vendetta…..
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