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November 25, 2025

Judge Tosses Indictments Against James Comey and Letitia James over Unlawfully Appointed Prosecutor
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A federal judge has thrown out criminal indictments against former FBI
Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, after
determining the interim U.S. attorney hand-picked by President Trump to
bring the cases was not lawfully appointed. Lindsey Halligan, a former
insurance attorney with no prosecutorial experience, was named interim
U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia in September after
Trump's previous hand-picked U.S. attorney resigned under pressure from
the White House for refusing to bring criminal charges against Trump's
critics. The cases were dismissed "without prejudice," meaning the Trump
administration could try to bring another indictment against Letitia
James; meanwhile, the statute of limitations in Comey's case expired in
September.


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