BREAKING: Judge Dismisses Indictments Against James Comey, Letitia James

A federal judge on Monday tossed the criminal cases against two of former President Trump’s biggest political foes, ruling that the prosecutor Trump tapped to go after them wasn’t legally allowed to serve.

U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie found that Lindsey Halligan, the U.S. attorney Trump pushed to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, was never eligible for the job.

Currie dismissed both indictments without prejudice, leaving the door cracked for the Justice Department to try again with a properly appointed prosecutor, though it’s anyone’s guess whether that happens.

Halligan is now the fourth Trump-aligned U.S. attorney to be ruled unlawfully installed.

Comey and James each filed challenges to knock Halligan off their cases, arguing she was the only prosecutor to seek their indictments from grand juries, which they said made the charges invalid and required dismissal before trial.

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The opening for Halligan came after the district’s previous U.S. attorney, Erik Siebert, quit under pressure to indict Comey over his 2020 congressional testimony. The statute of limitations was days from expiring, and Trump wanted action.

After Trump leaned on Attorney General Pam Bondi to go after his rivals and floated Halligan for the job, Bondi appointed her.

The issue stemmed from the length of time Siebert could legally serve. His 120-day interim term began Jan. 21 and ended May 21, but district judges unanimously extended him under federal law until the Senate confirms Trump’s nominee.

Abbe Lowell, attorney for James, argued that the government’s position would create a “statutory contradiction” by letting administrations appoint interim prosecutors “over and over again,” effectively wiping out the judges’ authority.

Comey’s lawyer, Ephraim McDowell, warned that under the government’s logic, it would “never have any reason to go through Senate confirmation again.”

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