#Trump #DOJ and his novice #prosecutor #LindseyHalligan in late night filing, effectively admit fatal “errors” in how Halligan Former #FBI Director #JamesComey “edited” after #GrandJury left for the day by a “coordinator”, that there was no required transcript of her interaction with grand jurors, and that the purported indictment was never seen by the grand jury to vote on it. #justice #courts #government #corruption #ruleoflaw #prosecutors #law #politics #legal #prosecution #revenge #malice

#Trump #DOJ and his novice #prosecutor #LindseyHalligan in late night filing, effectively admit fatal “errors” in how Halligan Former #FBI Director #JamesComey “edited” after #GrandJury left for the day by a “coordinator”, that there was no required transcript of her interaction with grand jurors, and that the purported indictment was never seen by the grand jury to vote on it. #justice #courts #government #corruption #ruleoflaw #prosecutors #law #politics #legal #prosecution #revenge #malice

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.

#law #LegalEthics #LegalProcedure #RevengePolitics #Trump

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.

#law #LegalEthics #LegalProcedure #RevengePolitics

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.

#law #LegalEthics #LegalProcedure #RevengePolitics

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.

#law #LegalEthics #LegalProcedure #RevengePolitics #Trump

The judge started, “Am I correct -”

“No, you’re not,” #LindseyHalligan interrupted (you don’t do that). She said that there was one additional grand juror in the magistrate’s courtroom & quoted her back-and-forth with that judge.

“I’m familiar with the transcript,” Nachmanoff said. He then told her to sit down.

#law #RevengePolitics #Trump #JamesComey

“The new indictment wasn’t a new indictment,” Lemons said, attempting to justify that it was only reviewed by the foreperson.

Judge Michael Nachmanoff quickly called #LindseyHalligan, who was the only prosecutor who presented the case to the grand jury, to the lectern, asking her to confirm that the entire grand jury was never presented the altered indictment.

#law #RevengePolitics #Trump #JamesComey

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.

#law #RevengePolitics #Trump

“The President is underscoring what he wants here, [Erik] Siebert was not doing his job here.” The job of Siebert, who #Trump replaced with #LindseyHalligan, was to “prosecute,” Dreeben said.

“If that’s not a direction to prosecute, I’m not really sure what is,” Dreeben said.

#law #RevengePolitics

#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.

#law #RevengePolitics