"The court found that lawyer Lindsey Halligan had been illegally appointed to her role as acting US attorney under President Donald Trump. A United States federal judge has thrown out the criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James and James Comey, the former head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). On Monday, District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie determined that the prosecutor overseeing the two cases, Lindsey Halligan, had been illegally appointed, which in turn rendered the indictments void."
"Siebert announced his resignation on September 19, and the following day, Trump took to social media to declare that he had fired the prosecutor himself. He even lied to the media and said he quit, and that we had no case, Trump wrote. No, I fired him, and there is a GREAT CASE, and many lawyers, and legal pundits, say so."
A federal judge dismissed criminal indictments against New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI director James Comey after finding that prosecutor Lindsey Halligan lacked lawful authority as acting US attorney. Halligan had been appointed in September after predecessor Erik Siebert resigned amid reported refusal to bring charges for lack of evidence. The judge voided the indictments but dismissed the cases without prejudice, allowing potential refiling. The situation raises questions about Halligan's role and the Department of Justice's next steps. President Donald Trump publicly pressed for charges and asserted he had removed the prior prosecutor.
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