Decide drops DOJ circumstances towards James Comey, Letitia James
Mark Meredith reviews on Decide Cameron Currie’s ruling that Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed as interim U.S. lawyer and order to drop fees towards James Comey and Letitia James. Fox Information contributor Jonathan Turley weighs in.
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U.S. Lawyer Basic Pam Bondi demanded authorized motion Monday towards former FBI Director James Comey and New York Lawyer Basic Letitia James, talking at an occasion in Memphis the place she was highlighting the work of the town’s “Secure Job Power.”
Bondi’s feedback got here after U.S. District Decide Cameron Currie dismissed the felony indictments towards Comey and James, and dominated that the prosecutor who introduced the circumstances, Lindsey Halligan, had not been lawfully appointed.
The choose agreed with Comey’s protection, which argued that Halligan’s appointment as interim U.S. Lawyer for the Japanese District of Virginia was invalid, that means the indictments had been faulty.
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“We’ll be taking all obtainable authorized motion, together with a right away enchantment, to carry Letitia James and James Comey accountable for his or her illegal conduct,” Bondi informed reporters.
“I’m not fearful about somebody who has been charged with a really severe crime,” she continued. “His alleged actions had been a betrayal of public belief,” Bondi added.
Comey was indicted in September 2025 on fees of creating false statements to Congress and obstructing a congressional inquiry. This stemmed from his 2018 testimony in regards to the origins of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane investigation.
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U.S. President Donald Trump appears on as Argentina’s President Javier Milei (not pictured) speaks throughout a gathering within the Cupboard Room on the White Home in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 14. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)
This was the probe into attainable ties between the 2016 Trump marketing campaign and Russia.
Comey has denied any wrongdoing, sustaining that his statements had been “truthful to the very best of my recollection” and calling the case “a political hit job, not a pursuit of justice.”
Letitia James was individually indicted in October 2025 on mortgage and bank-fraud counts, accused of misrepresenting a Virginia residence buy as a secondary residence in 2020 to safe extra favorable mortgage phrases.
Prosecutors allege she benefited by practically $19,000 over the lifetime of the mortgage.
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Lawyer Basic Pam Bondi is sworn in earlier than a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight listening to on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (Jose Luis Magana/AP Photograph)
Protection groups for each Comey and James have argued that the prosecutions had been flawed, citing procedural irregularities and Halligan’s disputed appointment.
Halligan, a former Trump authorized aide, was the one federal prosecutor to signal Comey’s indictment, performing as United States Lawyer for the Japanese District of Virginia.
On Monday in Memphis, Bondi acknowledged Halligan, defending her credentials and position.
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“We’ve got made Lindsay Halligan a particular US lawyer so she is in court docket, she will be able to combat in court docket identical to she was, and we imagine we will likely be profitable on enchantment,” Bondi mentioned.
“And I will inform you, Lindsay Halligan, I talked to all of our US attorneys, the vast majority of them across the nation, and Lindsay Halligan is a wonderful US lawyer. And disgrace on them for not wanting her in workplace. Thanks,” she added.
