US politics
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2 weeks agoEx-federal prosecutor talks about the future of the DOJ's case against James Comey
Prosecution faces dismissal risk due to both procedural incompetence and credible selective or vindictive prosecution claims.
He indicted the well-lawyered Jim Comey, thus far the shoddiest case, first, and did so in EDVA's rocket docket. That means that those who follow will benefit from the work - and possibly even precedents - Comey obtains. By the time Attorney General James is arraigned on October 24, for example, both Comey's motion to disqualify Lindsey Halligan and his motion for selective and vindictive prosecution will be public.