"She was, like anyone who doesn't understand what's going on in a courtroom, apparently lost throughout the proceeding. The New York Times reports, Ms. Halligan, a former insurance lawyer, did not speak in court. Instead, she spent the hearing rocking and nodding in her chair as a junior federal prosecutor brought in from North Carolina spoke for the Justice Department."
"When James Comey's lawyer said, quote, we haven't received a single piece of paper of discovery to date, the junior federal prosecutor, Tyler Lemons, said, We're just getting our hands around the discovery as well. What? How can you be standing there prosecuting James Comey and not know what your evidence is to prosecute James Comey? That's what the junior federal prosecutor told the judge today. We don't know what our prosecution evidence is."
Former FBI Director James Comey surrendered voluntarily and pleaded not guilty on the first court day following his indictment. Prosecutor Lindsey Halligan attended but did not speak; she sat rocking and nodding while a junior federal prosecutor from North Carolina spoke on behalf of the Justice Department. Comey's defense counsel stated that no discovery had been produced, and the junior prosecutor acknowledged that prosecutors were still getting their hands around the discovery. The presiding judge expressed skepticism, called the case not overly complicated, noted two counts and a discrete set of facts, and questioned the prosecution's preparedness.
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