Comey will mop the floor with unqualified loyalist [View all]

Adam Lynch
October 03, 2025 | 12:36PM ET

... Elie Honig said nobody really knows the full extent of the case the DOJ is building against former FBI director James Comey, but court watchers can expect an unfair fight.

“The showdown between Lindsey Halligan (for the United States) and Patrick Fitzgerald (for the defense) presents an epic mismatch of courtroom talent,” Honig told the Intelligencer. “If the case reaches trial — and it might not, given how President [Donald] 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. He is 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.)” Honig said, adding that Halligan is only on her tenth day as a first-time prosecutor.

“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,” Honig said. “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” ...

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