"If the case reaches trial - and it might not, given how President Trump has teed up Comey's selective prosecution motion with his serial public rants - watch for Fitzgerald to mop the floor with Trump's unqualified loyalist turned prosecutor. Fitzgerald is as good as it gets, a legendary trial tactician who has repeatedly won jury verdicts in the highest-stakes courtroom showdowns of the past 30 years. And Halligan - I'll try to be nice here - is a charlatan. (I tried.)"
"The New York Times reported that Halligan made her first-ever court appearance on the Comey matter. She originally went to the wrong courtroom and, when she did find the right place, stood on the wrong side of the judge. Halligan appeared baffled by basic paperwork relating to the indictment, eventually confusing the magistrate judge by presenting two different indictments. I don't fault Halligan at all; I was just as clueless at the end of my second week on the job."
Patrick Fitzgerald is portrayed as a legendary, highly effective trial tactician with a long record of winning high-stakes jury verdicts. Lindsay Halligan has minimal prosecutorial experience, previously worked mainly as an insurance lawyer, and had been on the job only about ten days when she appeared in the Comey matter. Halligan made procedural errors in court, including going to the wrong courtroom, standing on the wrong side of the judge, and presenting conflicting indictment paperwork that confused the magistrate. The prior prosecutor, Erik Siebert, resigned after doubting the evidence supporting charges. Halligan is identified as a staunch Trump loyalist.
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