US judge throws out criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James
by Sam Levine from on (#71PVP)
Judge says interim US attorney for eastern district of Virginia had no lawful authority' to indict former FBI director and New York attorney general
A federal judge threw out the criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James on Monday, concluding that the prosecutor handling the cases was unlawfully appointed.
Lindsey Halligan, who Trump named the interim US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia in September, had no lawful authority to present the indictment" against the former FBI director and New York attorney general, Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, wrote in her opinion.
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