James Comey
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From the NYT:
The first few days in any new job are always hard, but Thursday was especially tough for Lindsey Halligan, the newly installed U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
She had to navigate an unfamiliar courthouse, make her first-ever appearance in a criminal case and, on top of all that, indict one of President Trump’s enemies.
Ms. Halligan, who took over on Monday after her predecessor quit rather than prosecute James B. Comey with what he believed was insufficient evidence, had a little trouble with the first two tasks. At one point, she entered the wrong courtroom. When she found the right one, she stood on the wrong side of the judge, then appeared confused about the paperwork she just had signed.
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Analysis from Ty Cobb, a lawyer from the first Trump administration.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/28/ty-cobb-trump-james-comey-indictment
An unrelated aside:
In yet another bizarre social media episode for Trump, he posted – and then deleted – an artificial intelligence video in which his likeness was promoting magic medical beds that a far-right conspiracy claims can cure any ailment. The video depicted Trump touting a card guaranteeing access to new hospitals equipped with such beds.
And they thought Biden was losing his marbles….
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Cobb talking to Margaret Brennan on CBS' Face the Nation.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ty-cobb-former-trump-attorney-face-the-nation-transcript-09-28-2025/
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The federal judge overseeing former FBI Director James Comey's legal challenge to the appointment of Lindsey Halligan as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia has ordered prosecutors to hand over a full transcript of Halligan's presentation to the grand jury that voted to indict Comey.
Judge Cameron Currie, who was appointed outside of the district to review the validity of Halligan's appointment, said in an order Tuesday that a transcript handed over by prosecutors "fails to include remarks made by the indictment signer both before and after the testimony of the sole witness, which remarks were referenced by the indictment signer during the witness's testimony."
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A U.S. judge found on Monday there is evidence of misconduct in how a federal prosecutor closely aligned with President Donald Trump secured criminal charges against James Comey, and ordered that grand jury materials be turned over to the former FBI chief's defense lawyers.
Alexandria, Virginia-based U.S. Magistrate Judge William Fitzgerald found that Lindsey Halligan, the Trump-appointed U.S. attorney leading the case, may have made significant legal errors in presenting evidence and instructing grand jurors who were weighing whether to charge Comey - mistakes that could have tainted the case.
"The record points to a disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps, missteps that led an FBI agent and a prosecutor to potentially undermine the integrity of the grand jury proceeding," Fitzgerald wrote in his ruling.
Grand jury materials are typically protected by strict secrecy rules. Fitzgerald acknowledged that disclosure to the defense was an "extraordinary remedy," but found that Comey had shown a specific need for the records.
"The Court finds the record in this case requires the full disclosure of grand jury materials," the judge wrote.
"In so finding, the Court recognizes this is an extraordinary remedy, but given the factually based challenges the defense has raised to the government's conduct and the prospect that government misconduct may have tainted the grand jury proceedings, disclosure of grand jury materials under these unique circumstances is necessary to fully protect the rights of the accused."
Fitzgerald's ruling catalogs a series of what the judge described as investigative blunders in the investigation. These include prosecutors' decision to review evidence the FBI seized years earlier without securing a new warrant and allowing an FBI agent to testify to the grand jury even though the agent may have been exposed to material shielded by attorney-client privilege, a legal doctrine that protects legal advice between lawyers and their clients.
The judge also found that Halligan made statements to grand jurors harmful to Comey's legal rights.
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Long form takedown of Lindsay Halligan ...
https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/halligan-is-in-deep-trouble-in-the
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Long form takedown of Lindsay Halligan ...
https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/halligan-is-in-deep-trouble-in-the
@Piano-Dad said in James Comey:
Long form takedown of Lindsay Halligan ...
https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/halligan-is-in-deep-trouble-in-the
Sad that most MAGA voters won’t take the time to appreciate something like this.
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@Daniel said in James Comey:
... if you have nothing nice to say then say nothing at all.
We can argue that speaking up against injustice is "nice" for the victims. Keep these in the back pocket:
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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do [say] nothing." — Edmund Burke
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"We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." — Elie Wiesel
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"The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people, but the silence over that by the good people." — Martin Luther King Jr.
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"We will have to repent in this generation, not only for the evil words and deeds of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people." — Martin Luther King Jr.
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"Silence in the face of injustice is the voice of complicity." — Noam Chomsky
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