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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Such a good use of our taxpayer dollars to have incompetent MAGA lawyers pursue politically motivated cases.

Judge Finds ‘Profound’ Missteps in DOJ’s Indictment of Comey
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/judge-finds-profound-missteps-in-doj-s-indictment-of-comey/ar-AA1QBP0I?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=691b69f211514c0a93a0f281c7e98ff2&ei=13

(Bloomberg) -- The Justice Department’s indictment of James Comey was riddled with problems that may give the former FBI director legal grounds to have it dismissed, a federal judge ruled on Monday.

“The record points to a disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps, missteps that led an FBI agent and a prosecutor to potentially undermine the integrity of the grand jury proceeding,” US Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick wrote in a blistering ruling Monday. [/quote]

The prosecutor committed a blatant 5th Amendment violation here.  I can't see how any judge lets this stand.  The prosecutor made multiple serious misstatements of law to the grand jury.[/quote]

If Halligan had said those things in a closing argument to a trial jury, you'd be spot on. But grand jury proceedings are different. This kind of issue comes up occasionally and the standard for dismissal of an indictment on this basis is sky high. I'm not saying Comey will prevail (though I hope he does), but this is hardly a straightforward or slam dunk issue for him.[/quote]

While grand jury proceedings are different, misleading a grand jury on the standards for finding an indictment is incredibly serious.  Yes, the standards are different but this violates those.[/quote]

That's not exactly what she did, though. She didn't tell them that the standard for indicting is RAS, for example, which would be a misstatement of what the standard is for returning an indictment. We don't even know what she said because her statement is redacted in the Court's opinion. There's a lot we don't know and without that information, there can be no thoughtful analysis of whether her statements require dismissal of the indictment.

I'm not telling you this to be difficult or to defend her. I'm trying to use my experience presenting to a zillion grand juries to educate about how the criminal process works and provide real insight about how this may shake out. [/quote]

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