"The biggest question about President Donald Trump's payback prosecutions of James Comey and Letitia James was not so much whether they'd fail but how. And now, much as common earthly bacteria foiled the alien invasion in War of the Worlds, the Comey and James cases have died (for the moment) for the most fundamental and unremarkable of reasons: The prosecutor who indicted them wasn't actually a proper prosecutor in the first place."
"All was fine - until Siebert resigned, pushed out by Trump and the administration largely because he refused to charge the bogus Comey and James cases. Enter Halligan. In late September, Trump installed the devout political loyalist (who lacked an iota of prosecutorial experience) to replace Siebert. Essentially, the administration helped itself to a second 120-day appointment. Halligan promptly stumbled all over herself but managed to obtain indictments of both Comey and James."
President Donald Trump sought prosecutions of James Comey and Letitia James. The prosecutions collapsed because the indicted prosecutor lacked lawful authority. Federal law allows the attorney general to name a temporary U.S. attorney for up to 120 days, after which district judges select an interim U.S. attorney. The Eastern District of Virginia followed that process with Erik Siebert, who served 120 days and was chosen by judges. Siebert resigned after being pushed out for refusing to bring the Comey and James charges. Trump then installed Lindsey Halligan, a political loyalist without prosecutorial experience, who obtained indictments. A federal judge ruled the administration's appointment improper.
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