"Because they lack a legitimate official purpose, these kinds of prosecutions tend to be riddled with errors and irregularities, such as the resignation of upstanding government officials who refuse to bring trumped-up charges, the refusal of career attorneys to sign their names to otherwise routine charging documents, and the search for lackeys who may be willing to bring the charges before a grand jury anyway."
"Lindsay Halligan, the inexperienced insurance lawyer President Donald Trump handpicked to carry out his campaign of political retribution against two of his highest-profile targets, is not a typical United States attorney that went through Senate confirmation. Instead, under orders from the president, who had already declared on Truth Social that Comey and James were "guilty as hell," Attorney General Pam Bondi appointed her as interim U.S. attorney under a law that allows that whenever there is a vacancy."
Animus underlies the prosecutions of James Comey and Letitia James, with the term appearing repeatedly in motions asserting vindictive and selective charging. Those prosecutions lacked legitimate official purpose and produced systemic irregularities, including resignations of officials who refused to bring trumped-up charges, career attorneys declining to sign charging documents, and searches for lackeys willing to present cases to grand juries. President Trump handpicked Lindsay Halligan, an inexperienced insurance lawyer, as interim U.S. attorney after a vacancy created by Erik Seibert’s resignation for lack of merit. Attorney General Pam Bondi then attempted to retroactively designate Halligan a "special attorney" to cure appointment defects, and Halligan performed poorly before the grand jury.
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