#GrandJury #Lie #Cheat #Corruption #bogus #Crimes #indictment #Criminals #Justice #Court #disbar Fire Them All - #Trump #Loyalist Admits #Grand #jury Never Saw Final #Comey #Indictment - Grand jurors have to vote on indictments to approve them, but a #prosecutor told the #judge in the case that only the foreperson formally approved the second charging document, a move that could cripple the case. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/us/politics/comey-vindictive-prosecution-trump.html #halligan #USattorney #law #legal #politics #maga #gop #republicans
#GrandJury #Lie #Cheat #Corruption #bogus #Crimes #indictment #Criminals #Justice #Court #disbar Fire Them All - #Trump #Loyalist Admits #Grand #jury Never Saw Final #Comey #Indictment - Grand jurors have to vote on indictments to approve them, but a #prosecutor told the #judge in the case that only the foreperson formally approved the second charging document, a move that could cripple the case. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/us/politics/comey-vindictive-prosecution-trump.html #halligan #USattorney #law #legal #politics #maga #gop #republicans
I need to reiterate how batshit crazy this is:
When Trump’s handpicked interim #USAttorney #LindseyHalligan briefly took the stand Wednesday, she said only 2 grand jurors reviewed the final #indictment it handed up against former FBI Director #JamesComey. Comey’s attorney then argued Halligan’s testimony indicates, “there is no indictment” against his client.
The #Trump administration’s attempt to prosecute former FBI Director #JamesComey hit two major snags on Wednesday.
First, interim #USattorney for the Eastern District of Virginia #LindseyHalligan, who brought the #indictment, admitted the entire grand jury did not vote on the final indictment—a shocking development. Instead, only 2 grand jurors reviewed the indictment before it was presented in court.
The #Trump administration’s attempt to prosecute former FBI Director #JamesComey hit two major snags on Wednesday.
First, interim #USattorney for the Eastern District of Virginia #LindseyHalligan, who brought the #indictment, admitted the entire grand jury did not vote on the final indictment—a shocking development. Instead, only 2 grand jurors reviewed the indictment before it was presented in court.
I need to reiterate how batshit crazy this is:
When Trump’s handpicked interim #USAttorney #LindseyHalligan briefly took the stand Wednesday, she said only 2 grand jurors reviewed the final #indictment it handed up against former FBI Director #JamesComey. Comey’s attorney then argued Halligan’s testimony indicates, “there is no indictment” against his client.
The full grand jury never reviewed the indictment it handed up against former FBI Director #JamesComey, interim #USAttorney #LindseyHalligan conceded Wednesday.
In a shocking back & forth, prosecutors said that instead of presenting a new indictment to the grand jury after it declined to approve one of the counts, Halligan simply brought an altered version to the magistrate’s courtroom for the grand jury’s foreperson to sign.
In his first question of the day, Judge Nachmanoff asked #JamesComey atty Michael Dreeben if he was arguing the case was brought to punish Comey for using his #FreeSpeech rights or that #Trump was targeting Comey because of his personal animosity toward against him.
Dreeben told the judge it is both.
“The President’s hate or animosity or dislike of Mr. Comey” may be enough to initially fire Comey, Dreeben said, but not use the “full weight” of the criminal justice system against Comey.”
#JamesComey’s attorney argued Wednesday that #Trump’s Sept social media post pushing the #DOJ to prosecute is a “crystal clear” example of why his client is being charged only because of the president’s personal animosity.
The post, Dreeben, said, linked Comey to 2 other “enemies” of Trump, & portrayed his frustration that interim #USAttorney #LindseyHalligan’s predecessor was resisting bringing charges. Dreeben was referring to Sen #AdamSchiff & NYAG #LetitiaJames.