"The Justice Department engaged in a "disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps" in the process of securing an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, a federal judge ruled Monday in directing prosecutors to provide defense lawyers with all grand jury materials from the case. Those problems, wrote Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick, include "fundamental misstatements of the law" by a prosecutor to the grand jury"
""The Court recognizes that the relief sought by the defense is rarely granted," Fitzpatrick wrote. "However, the record points to a disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps, missteps that led an FBI agent and a prosecutor to potentially undermine the integrity of the grand jury proceeding.""
A federal magistrate judge identified a disturbing pattern of investigative missteps by the Justice Department in obtaining the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey and ordered prosecutors to turn over all grand jury materials to the defense. The judge cited fundamental misstatements of law by a prosecutor to the grand jury, potential use of privileged communications, and unexplained irregularities in grand jury transcripts. The opinion characterized prosecutorial inexperience and procedural errors that risk undermining the prosecution. Similar concerns have emerged in the separate prosecution of New York Attorney General Letitia James, with both defendants challenging the prosecutor's appointment.
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