Comey Indictment DISMISSED [View all]

Allison Gill

Shortly after Trump installed Lindsey Halligan as interim US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, she presented a case alone to a federal grand jury and handed up a (now questionable) charging document on two felony counts of lying and obstructing a Congressional investigation.

Among many motions to dismiss, Comey filed a motion to dismiss the charges on the grounds that Lindsey Halligan was not legally appointed, and since she’s the only one who signed the indictment, the charges should be dismissed.

Three other interim US Attorneys installed by trump have also been found to be unlawfully appointed, but because charges they brought were also co-signed by other Assistant US Attorneys, those charges against other parties were not dismissed. But because no other attorneys would sign the Comey indictment, Comey’s lawyers argued that these charges should be dismissed.

They also argued that the charges should be dismissed with prejudice, but the judge did not do that here, dismissing without prejudice. I’ll get to why in a moment.

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