"The magistrate judge who is overseeing the question of the grand jury material and proceedings has just ordered that the prosecution must hand over all of those grand jury proceedings and the accompanying audio from that presentation to Comey's defense team. Now, this is a really rare move for a judge to do something like this, and ordinarily would be the headline in and of itself,"
"But the real big news in this case, in this update, comes from the judge's opinion, where it's particularly scathing. But he hints that there's potential misconduct from those jury proceedings that could be grounds for the Comey defense team to actually dismiss the case. And I want to read you the one line that really stood out to me. He says that there is a, quote, disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps that, quote, potentially undermine the integrity of grand jury proceedings."
Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick ordered immediate turnover of all grand jury proceedings and accompanying audio to James Comey's defense team. The order is an unusually rare judicial demand for full grand jury material and raises concerns about potential government misconduct. The judge described a "disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps" that could undermine the integrity of the grand jury process and provide grounds for a new motion to dismiss. Lindsey Halligan, the DOJ prosecutor in question, was handpicked as interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and the materials will be reviewed by the defense amid existing dismissal motions.
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