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(DIR) Post #B0PEmONrXUPGYu9kmm by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-19T14:26:25Z
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From the moment #JamesComey was charged with lying to & obstructing Congress, his lawyers have asserted that the prosecution was little more than an act of vindictive #retribution fueled by #Trump’s longstanding animus against him.Wed morning, the lawyers are set to make that argument in court & to persuade a federal judge that the case should be dismissed because the #DOJ effectively allowed itself to be taken captive by Trump’s desire to seek political #revenge.#lawhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/us/politics/comey-vindictive-prosecution-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
(DIR) Post #B0PK7XtzqSGtw05on2 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-19T15:26:16Z
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Fmr FBI Director #JamesComey is in court as a hearing on whether the indictment against him should be tossed kicked off.Comey’s attorney, Michael Dreeban, is arguing first.“The president of the United States has caused the executive branch to prosecute a perceived enemy,” Dreeban began his arguments Wednesday.Dreeban argued #Trump has gone after the fmr director to “punish Mr. Comey for speaking out against him.”#law #RevengePolitics
(DIR) Post #B0PKozhkLtCUc954iW by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-19T15:34:02Z
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Dreeben, attorney for #JamesComey, urged the judge to dismiss the charges against his client on the argument that he's the victim of a "selective & vindictive" prosecution.“This is an extraordinary case, & it merits an extraordinary remedy,” Dreeben, told U.S. District Judge Michael NachmanoffDreeben pointed to multiple statements from #Trump demanding that Comey be prosecuted.He asked the judge to dismiss the case "with prejudice," meaning the charges could not be refiled.#law
(DIR) Post #B0PL53yAGO8gTUQFaS by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-19T15:36:52Z
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In his first question of the day, Judge Nachmanoff asked #JamesComey atty Michael Dreeben if he was arguing the case was brought to punish Comey for using his #FreeSpeech rights or that #Trump was targeting Comey because of his personal animosity toward against him.Dreeben told the judge it is both.“The President’s hate or animosity or dislike of Mr. Comey” may be enough to initially fire Comey, Dreeben said, but not use the “full weight” of the criminal justice system against Comey.”#law
(DIR) Post #B0PLXlZZjy7BogbkO0 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-19T15:42:11Z
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#JamesComey’s attorney argued Wednesday that #Trump’s Sept social media post pushing the #DOJ to prosecute is a “crystal clear” example of why his client is being charged only because of the president’s personal animosity.The post, Dreeben, said, linked Comey to 2 other “enemies” of Trump, & portrayed his frustration that interim #USAttorney #LindseyHalligan’s predecessor was resisting bringing charges. Dreeben was referring to Sen #AdamSchiff & NYAG #LetitiaJames.#law #RevengePolitics
(DIR) Post #B0PLdkhts8DQrwM8My by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-19T15:43:16Z
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“The President is underscoring what he wants here, [Erik] Siebert was not doing his job here.” The job of Siebert, who #Trump replaced with #LindseyHalligan, was to “prosecute,” Dreeben said.“If that’s not a direction to prosecute, I’m not really sure what is,” Dreeben said.#law #RevengePolitics
(DIR) Post #B0PLmk5vWDOVZksgeO by Lizette603_23@mastodon.social
2025-11-19T15:44:52Z
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@Nonilex "git 'em" leadership
(DIR) Post #B0PMN6ZzOijFjiHWRU by ChrisHolladay@mastodon.social
2025-11-19T15:51:18Z
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@Nonilex call for criminal charges too
(DIR) Post #B0PMhJCaB3W4fxy1Q0 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-19T15:55:08Z
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Judge Nachmanoff raised other comments #Trump made after his social media post directed at AG #PamBondi. In those comments, Trump told reporters his post was not directing Bondi.“I just want people to act,” Trump said, acc/to the judge, who read Trump’s comments in the court.“It doesn’t walk back anything he said to the US Attorney General,” Dreeben replied.The comments after the post were “made for the press, not the Attorney General,” Dreeben said.#law #RevengePolitics #JamesComey
(DIR) Post #B0PMkrMRdC7pUGH0Km by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-19T15:55:46Z
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Dreeben compared #Trump’s social media post to the famous line from King Henry II: “Who will rid me of this meddlesome priest?”“Henry the Second can’t be binding precedent in this court,” the judge joked to laughter in the courtroom.#law #RevengePolitics #JamesComey
(DIR) Post #B0PN56m22LI952texE by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-19T15:59:26Z
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Comey’s attorney Micheal Dreeben argued the ongoing controversy over the “#EpsteinFiles” shows that #Trump is continuing to direct operations of the #DOJ.Trump, Dreeben said, directed #PamBondi to open a new investigation into high-profile #Democrats linked to #Epstein, despite a DOJ memo from earlier this year saying there was no basis for additional prosecutions based on the evidence it had.Bondi’s response: “Thank you, Mr. President.”#law #RevengePolitics #JamesComey
(DIR) Post #B0PNIjIU7Qk0K6ZUiO by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-19T16:01:53Z
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#DOJ Prosecutor Tyler Lemons argues that #JamesComey was charged simply for lying to Congress.“He was not indicted at the direction of the president of the United States,” Lemons said.Lemons also said that a grand jury properly handed up the indictment.“We’ll have some questions about that,” Judge Nachmanoff said.A magistrate judge has raised many potential issues with how the case was presented to the grand jury & Comey’s attys are seeking all transcripts in the proceedings.#law
(DIR) Post #B0PPCgFUjsbd2YPrqy by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-19T16:23:13Z
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#DOJ lawyer Tyler Lemons declined to say whether prosecutors have submitted a memo recommending that #JamesComey should not be prosecuted. Lemons told the judge that someone in #DAG #ToddBlanche’s office told him he couldn’t disclose “privileged” information without their permission.“At this point, my position would be, whether there was a declination memo, is privileged,” Lemons said, adding that “I don’t know in the world of documents there is a declination memo.”#law #Trump #lies
(DIR) Post #B0PPKiaHwL8qbFyVP6 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-19T16:24:40Z
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Judge Nachmanoff challenged the assertion, pushing Lemons to say that, “someone in the Deputy Attorney General’s office” had instructed him not to say anything.“What did someone in the Deputy Attorney General’s office instruct you not to say,” Nachmanoff asked.Lemons conceded that he has “reviewed” draft memorandums, but declined to give additional details.“I hope you understand that I am trying to answer your questions,” Lemons said.#law #RevengePolitics #Trump #JamesComey
(DIR) Post #B0PQ2Ynjfst103AciW by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-19T16:32:32Z
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#DOJ lawyer Tyler Lemons argued #JamesComey was making “inferential leaps” in arguing the case is selective & vindictive.“There’s been no proof that US Attorney Halligan took” Trump’s social media post “as a charge,” Lemons said, referring to #LindseyHalligan, who #Trump to be interim #USAttorney in the Eastern District of Virginia. Halligan presented the case to the grand jury, which handed up the indictment.#law #RevengePolitics
(DIR) Post #B0PQ4YKcOLH27eV7Y0 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-19T16:32:57Z
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“Ms. Halligan was not a puppet,” he added.The judge then questioned “what independent examination could she have made” in the few days between her appointment & the charges being brought against Comey.#law #RevengePolitics #Trump #JamesComey
(DIR) Post #B0PQE50sFfds5YoCK8 by ChrisHolladay@mastodon.social
2025-11-19T16:34:38Z
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@Nonilex I smell a judicial burn coming for the Dept of Jerkoffs
(DIR) Post #B0PQc4At1MCURDvgsS by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-19T16:38:59Z
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The full grand jury never reviewed the indictment it handed up against former FBI Director #JamesComey, interim #USAttorney #LindseyHalligan conceded Wednesday.In a shocking back & forth, prosecutors said that instead of presenting a new indictment to the grand jury after it declined to approve one of the counts, Halligan simply brought an altered version to the magistrate’s courtroom for the grand jury’s foreperson to sign.#law #RevengePolitics #Trump
(DIR) Post #B0PQjlNolqyATSeFl2 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-19T16:40:23Z
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“The new indictment wasn’t a new indictment,” Lemons said, attempting to justify that it was only reviewed by the foreperson.Judge Michael Nachmanoff quickly called #LindseyHalligan, who was the only prosecutor who presented the case to the grand jury, to the lectern, asking her to confirm that the entire grand jury was never presented the altered indictment.#law #RevengePolitics #Trump #JamesComey
(DIR) Post #B0PQpboFHLCeWFnTCy by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-19T16:41:27Z
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The judge started, “Am I correct -”“No, you’re not,” #LindseyHalligan interrupted. She said that there was one additional grand juror in the magistrate’s courtroom & quoted her back-and-forth with that judge.“I’m familiar with the transcript,” Nachmanoff said. He then told her to sit down.#law #RevengePolitics #Trump #JamesComey
(DIR) Post #B0PQuZUjJQbImv2EYC by PG19582@mastodon.social
2025-11-19T16:42:16Z
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@Nonilex WTAF?
(DIR) Post #B0PQzGAEbu76HcgTVQ by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-19T16:43:10Z
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Before ending the hearing just after 11:30AM ET, Judge Michael Nachmanoff said he would not make any ruling Wednesday on whether #JamesComey is being vindictively prosecuted after the revelation that a full grand jury never saw the final indictment handed up against Comey.“The issues are too wavy & too complex.”#law #RevengePolitics #Trump
(DIR) Post #B0PR2YPBFNHXj3FI7k by PG19582@mastodon.social
2025-11-19T16:43:46Z
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@Nonilex oh shit...she muttered to herself.
(DIR) Post #B0PREI8LZONijey7xQ by opethminded@mstdn.social
2025-11-19T16:45:51Z
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@Nonilex This after the statute of limitations expired for his openly manipulating the 2016 election.
(DIR) Post #B0PRWEmWlrFlYIJuyG by noondlyt@hellions.cloud
2025-11-19T16:49:06Z
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@Nonilex holy shit
(DIR) Post #B0PRjIEVFbKC1KdBOS by PG19582@mastodon.social
2025-11-19T16:51:26Z
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@Nonilex hopefully there are competent ppl on our side preserving evidence of the regime's crimes for future prosecution. They are so numerous it's a full time job.
(DIR) Post #B0PSMoLHnoUutqeC6y by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-19T16:58:39Z
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I need to reiterate how batshit crazy this is:When Trump’s handpicked interim #USAttorney #LindseyHalligan briefly took the stand Wednesday, she said only 2 grand jurors reviewed the final #indictment it handed up against former FBI Director #JamesComey. Comey’s attorney then argued Halligan’s testimony indicates, “there is no indictment” against his client.#law #LegalEthics #LegalProcedure #RevengePolitics #Trump
(DIR) Post #B0PTHVm5VdUJorDjOK by CindyWeinstein@zirk.us
2025-11-19T17:08:50Z
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@Nonilex WTAF
(DIR) Post #B0PTsMHxjy6777hRAm by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-19T17:15:34Z
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#DOJ Lawyers Admit 2 Shocking Details in Comey CaseDonald Trump’s revenge indictment against former FBI Director #JamesComey is off to a terrible start.#law #LegalEthics #LegalProcedure #RevengePolitics #Trump https://newrepublic.com/post/203388/doj-lawyers-admit-two-shocking-details-comey-case
(DIR) Post #B0PU3ZSd6iaT9T2Gn2 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-19T17:17:35Z
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The #Trump administration’s attempt to prosecute former FBI Director #JamesComey hit two major snags on Wednesday.First, interim #USattorney for the Eastern District of Virginia #LindseyHalligan, who brought the #indictment, admitted the entire grand jury did not vote on the final indictment—a shocking development. Instead, only 2 grand jurors reviewed the indictment before it was presented in court.#law #LegalEthics #LegalProcedure #RevengePolitics
(DIR) Post #B0PUE60WxD6yzPuY9Q by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-19T17:19:29Z
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Earlier in the day, #DOJ lawyer Tyler Lemons, who is prosecuting the case, also told U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff that “someone” in #DAG #ToddBlanche’s office ordered him not to disclose whether career prosecutors in the Department of Justice authored a memo recommending that Comey should not be indicted. Lemons said that he was told he couldn’t disclose “privileged” information without permission.#law #LegalEthics #LegalProcedure #RevengePolitics #Trump #JamesComey
(DIR) Post #B0PUVE5YA89GyWQYPw by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-11-19T17:22:35Z
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#DOJ says full grand jury in #Comey case didn't review copy of final indictment
The “Justice” Department says the grand jury that charged former FBI Director #JamesComey wasn’t presented with a copy of the final #indictment#law #LegalEthics #LegalProcedure #RevengePolitics #Trump https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/11/19/trump-comey-halligan-justice-department-fbi/c5c85b90-c505-11f0-be23-3ccb704f61ac_story.html
(DIR) Post #B0PUu99td2dYvPLLBw by darwinwoodka@mastodon.social
2025-11-19T17:27:03Z
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@Nonilex well this is over.
(DIR) Post #B0PV1ZZfoWa2sYwQEa by Yoshi@toot.community
2025-11-19T17:28:23Z
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@Nonilex This whole "case" resembles a clown car filled with keystone cops firing rubber bullets.
(DIR) Post #B0PVDwMOvEhZ1Vd9X6 by john_micheal@mastodon.social
2025-11-19T17:30:37Z
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@Nonilex hello4
(DIR) Post #B0PVR0BlzzUKf6t6QK by cxj@phpc.social
2025-11-19T17:32:55Z
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@Nonilex Your scare quotes on “Justice” are so appropriate in this administration. Huzzah, I say.
(DIR) Post #B0PXl5UQCTEmnnJdCa by ChrisHolladay@mastodon.social
2025-11-19T17:59:01Z
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@Nonilex The incompetence is staggering.Comey should sue the fuck out of US Govt.
(DIR) Post #B0PY7xIOpaAi38b3Ka by ChrisHolladay@mastodon.social
2025-11-19T18:03:10Z
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@Nonilex More like too stupid to be real yet here we are
(DIR) Post #B0PYCk4rP6oWV9Xvxg by PattyHanson@mastodon.social
2025-11-19T18:03:58Z
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@Nonilex I want to say thank you for writing this thread. It's so hard to keep up and you always provide readers with easy to follow information. 🙂
(DIR) Post #B0PapRxCv6nzUjYGbA by 10tothe22@mastodon.social
2025-11-19T18:33:21Z
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@Nonilex What a joke!
(DIR) Post #B0PlMw5atjPc3V53hY by cassandracorvid@mstdn.social
2025-11-19T20:31:25Z
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@Nonilex A whole new meaning to "a trumped up charge."
(DIR) Post #B0QJNNB9ZmB6Vw3plg by huntingdon@mstdn.social
2025-11-20T02:52:35Z
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@Nonilex Loaner AUSA Lemons also doesn't seem to know "in the world of documents" what constitutes one so privileged he can't tell a federal court whether it exists or not.
(DIR) Post #B0QQah4LdRn9e8B0bY by newstik@social.heise.de
2025-11-20T04:13:23Z
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@Nonilex Crazy. But: If there is no indictment, I would think that it can't be dismissed with prejudice. So they could try again with a proper grand jury.
(DIR) Post #B0RBPt61XjpwHPUWSu by Micritone45@toot.community
2025-11-20T12:58:05Z
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@Nonilex Trump is a despot want a be.