"Last week, prosecutors were ordered to produce a trove of materials from the investigation, with the court saying it was concerned that the US justice department's position on Comey had been to indict first and investigate later. Comey is charged with lying to Congress in 2020 in a case filed days after the US president appeared to urge his attorney general to prosecute the former FBI director and other perceived political enemies."
"Magistrate judge William Fitzpatrick ruled on Monday that the justice department engaged in a disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps on its way to indicting Comey. The federal judge directed prosecutors to produce to defense lawyers all grand jury materials from the case. Fitzpatrick wrote that problems include fundamental misstatements of the law by a prosecutor to a grand jury that indicted Comey in September, the use of potentially privileged communications in the investigation and unexplained irregularities in the transcript of the grand jury proceedings."
A magistrate judge found evidence of government misconduct in how a prosecutor aligned with the president secured criminal charges against James Comey and ordered grand jury materials turned over to the defense. The court expressed concern that the Justice Department's approach appeared to be to indict first and investigate later. Comey is charged with lying to Congress in 2020 and has pleaded not guilty, while his lawyers contend the prosecution is vindictive and politically directed. The judge identified misstatements of law to the grand jury, use of potentially privileged communications and unexplained transcript irregularities, and described a disturbing pattern of investigative missteps.
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