Judge throws out Comey and James cases as Trump’s beauty queen prosecutor is humiliated

Donald Trump’s lawsuits against his political enemies James Comey and Letitia James were dismissed.

Judge Cameron Currie accused Trump’s handpicked lawyer, Lindsey Halligan, of “prosecuting abuse” after she filed an indictment against former FBI director Comey and New York Attorney General James.

The judge said Halligan was “a former White House aide with no prior prosecutorial experience” and was never qualified to serve.

The 120-day period for interim appointments had expired during the previous prosecutor’s term, meaning Pam Bondi did not have the authority to appoint Halligan; That was up to the district’s federal judges.

“I conclude that all actions resulting from Ms. Halligan’s flawed appointment, including the securing and signing of Mr. Comey’s indictment, constitute an unlawful exercise of executive authority and must be set aside,” wrote Judge Currie, who was appointed by Bill Clinton.

Both Comey and James asked for their cases to be dismissed and for the prosecutor to be fired because of the way he was appointed.

Defendants in two separate cases requested that the indictments be dismissed with prejudice; This meant that the Department of Justice could not bring the same charges against them. However, the judge was prejudiced and rejected it.

Comey was accused of making false statements and obstructing the congressional process regarding his 2020 Senate testimony in which he denied authorizing FBI officials to leak information to the press.

They pointed out grand jury errors in Lindsey Halligan’s accusations

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks at a press conference at the New York Attorney General’s Office on February 16, 2024

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press before leaving the White House aboard Marine One in Washington, D.C., on November 22

James was indicted on charges including bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution regarding information on mortgage applications that prosecutors allege were fraudulent.

Halligan, a former beauty queen, was appointed interim U.S. Attorney for Virginia in September.

Before his appointment, a different interim attorney, Erik Siebert, was ousted amid pressure to file criminal charges against Trump’s political enemies.

Comey’s lawyers argued that the justices should have a special say in who fills the vacancy after Siebert’s dismissal.

But it was Trump who ultimately took action and nominated Halligan, who publicly pressured Attorney General Pam Bondi to take action against Comey and James.

‘LET JUSTICE BE RIGHT NOW!!!’ Trump wrote in Truth Social at the time.

Comey was indicted days later on charges of perjury and obstruction of Congress, and James was indicted shortly thereafter in an investigation of mortgage fraud.

‘I am encouraged by today’s victory and grateful for the prayers and support I have received from across the country,’ James said in a statement. he said.

“I remain fearless in the face of these baseless accusations as I continue to fight for New Yorkers every day,” said the New York attorney general, a Democrat.

Judges separately disqualified interim U.S. attorneys in New Jersey, Los Angeles and Nevada but allowed cases filed under their supervision to move forward.

But lawyers for Comey and James argued that Currie’s ruling should go further because Halligan was the only person who signed the indictments and the driving force behind them.

Comey has been one of Trump’s arch-enemies for years.

Comey, who was appointed to the job by President Barack Obama in 2013, was overseeing an investigation during Trump’s 2016 campaign into whether the presidential campaign conspired with Russia to influence the outcome of the race.

Angered by that investigation, Trump fired Comey in May 2017, and the two officials have verbally sparred since then.

James has also been a frequent target of Trump’s ire; especially since he won a surprising verdict against himself and the Trump Organization in a lawsuit alleging he defrauded banks by overstating the value of real estate holdings in his financial statements.

The appeals court overturned the fine, which rose to more than $500 million with interest, but upheld the lower court’s finding that Trump committed fraud.