Judge dismisses Comey, James cases
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A federal judge on Monday dismissed charges against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, ruling that prosecutor Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed to the role.
Interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan suggested Wednesday that the Biden-appointed judge overseeing the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey violated judicial conduct rules by
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Lindsey Halligan says ‘there are no missing minutes’ in grand jury transcripts in James Comey case
A day after a federal judge said that portions of a transcript she reviewed from the grand jury proceedings in James Comey’s criminal case were “missing,” the prosecutor who filed the charges against the former FBI director told the court that there are no such gaps in the record.
A judge is weighing Halligan’s status as Comey and James seek her removal, amid DOJ pushback and missing grand jury minutes.
Comey’s attorneys claim the indictment had not been properly secured before the expiration of the five-year statute of limitations Sept. 30.
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James Comey asks for his indictment be dismissed over Lindsey Halligan’s grand jury revelation
Attorneys for former FBI Director James Comey are asking a federal judge to dismiss the charges against him because, they say, a grand jury never approved the final indictment in the case.
A government watchdog has called on the bar associations of Florida and Virginia to investigate lawyer Lindsey Halligan on grounds for violating numerous rules of professional conduct.