The judge also appeared puzzled after a lead prosecutor said he couldn’t reveal whether career attorneys initially recommended against charging the former FBI director.
The Trump administration’s criminal prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey appeared to be in serious jeopardy Wednesday as the federal judge overseeing the case repeatedly questioned the validity of the grand jury indictment charging Comey with lying to and obstructing Congress.
U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff pressed prosecutors during a hearing on the events around the Sept. 25 charges against Comey, questioning whether the entire grand jury ever saw the two-count indictment that a magistrate judge received after the grand jurors rejected one of three charges proposed by interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan.
I expect the federal attorney in this matter will be prosecuted for fraud, if found that they subverted the indictment process. I believe she swears an oath to the magistrate that receives the indictment that the bill is proper and true. Hopefully a disbarment is on the horizon also.
These days I’d say disbarment is a far more likely scenario than any prosecution.
She’s also trying to prosecute a former FBI director on trumped up charges. Shouldn’t that set off warning bells for her that the rule of law will come after her for actual violations of the law in the years ahead?
Maybe, but that’ll only happen if Republicans lose power
You say that as though consequences are still a thing in this country.