"A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at President Donald Trump's urging was illegally appointed by the Justice Department. The rulings from U.S. District Cameron McGowan Currie amount to a stunning rebuke of the Trump administration's efforts to target Trump's political opponents as well as its legal maneuvering to hastily install a loyalist prosecutor willing to file the cases."
"The rulings from U.S. District Cameron McGowan Currie amount to a stunning rebuke of the Trump administration's efforts to target Trump's political opponents as well as its legal maneuvering to hastily install a loyalist prosecutor willing to file the cases. The orders make Lindsey Halligan the latest Trump administration prosecutor to be disqualified because of the manner in which they were appointed."
A federal judge dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. The judge concluded the prosecutor who brought the charges at President Donald Trump's urging was illegally appointed by the Justice Department. U.S. District Cameron McGowan Currie's rulings amount to a rebuke of the Trump administration's efforts to target political opponents and its legal maneuvering to hastily install a loyalist prosecutor willing to file the cases. The orders disqualify Lindsey Halligan as the latest Trump administration prosecutor removed because of appointment irregularities.
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