Case Against Former FBI Director James Comey Dismissed

[DonGlock26]

Wait, surely MAGA isn't stupid or ballsy enough to cry about that, after the events of the.last 15 years.

The Democrats in the Senate are blocking Trump’s US attorney picks, so Trump is forced to appoint temporary ones until 120 days, then the Democrat judges pick new temporary ones.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

The Democrats in the Senate are blocking Trump’s US attorney picks, so Trump is forced to appoint temporary ones until 120 days, then the Democrat judges pick new temporary ones.

Sounds like leverage. Trump's having a problem playing by the rules.

 

[Seymour Flops]

Comey paid his lawyers for this delaying tactic. He'll keep paying his lawyers for the foreseeable future, so it's good that his book sold 600,000 copies in the first week. The boy has been bankin' and he'll need every penny to fight the federal government.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Comey paid his lawyers for this delaying tactic

Everybody pays their lawyers for everything.

Don't blame Comey or his lawyers for your embarrassment. Blame the career criminal president and his incompetent, corrupt appointees.

 

[skews13]

The Democrats in the Senate are blocking Trump’s US attorney picks, so Trump is forced to appoint temporary ones until 120 days, then the Democrat judges pick new temporary ones.

Lindsey Halligan is not having a great day. But you know who is probably having a worse day? President Donald Trump.

The sham investigation into California Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff is also disintegrating into a gossipy mess.

The mortgage fraud allegations against Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook are problematic, as several Trump administration officials have the same arrangements that are ostensibly so fraud-sy for Cook.

How dare so many people stand in the way of Trump’s desire to wreak vengeance??

The defeat that has to sting the most right now is seeing Halligan, Trump’s handpicked interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Nevada, absolutely crash and burn.

Fam, is it good when 100% of the cases you brought are dismissed, and you also learn you are not legally in your job and never have been? Honestly, it makes U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C. Jeanine Pirro’s cavalcade of no-bills and trial losses look positively minor by comparison.

So what does this mean for our favorite insurance lawyer/Smithsonian DEI cop/Interim U.S. attorney for retribution for the Eastern District of Virginia?

Well, first, she can no longer put interim U.S. attorney on her resume, as the ruling says she was never in her job legally, not even from day one. And what flows from that, of course, is that the indictments she secured while flying completely solo are out.

The reason Halligan is not legally in her job is similar to the reasons that three other Trump interim picks—Alina Habba, Sigal Chattah, and Bill Essayli—are not. All of these people were named as interim or acting U.S. attorneys, so Trump doesn’t have to try to secure Senate confirmation for this passel of pliable nitwits. The courts keep finding that all these appointment shenanigans do not add up to being an actual U.S. attorney.

But Halligan was the only one specifically tasked with delivering Trump’s retribution, so this one no doubt really stings.

Currie found that since Halligan’s installation violated the Appointments Clause, the only remedy is to dismiss the indictment, as she wasn’t an attorney authorized by law to conduct grand jury proceedings when she did. And since she was flying solo on those, there’s no way to save the indictments by arguing that some other eligible attorney presented and signed them as well.

The judge apparently did not buy Attorney General Pam Bondi’s argument that she could somehow magically ratify Halligan’s indictments by reviewing Halligan’s grand jury testimony and deciding it was dandy. The problem with that approach was that the government didn’t yet have the complete transcription at the time Bondi was bragging about having read it all.

Unfortunately, the judge dismissed both Comey’s and James’ indictments without prejudice, which means the government could theoretically bring new charges. However, it isn’t at all clear what happens with Comey’s indictment, as the statute of limitations has already run out.

You can expect appeals. You can expect howling from Trump and Bondi. You can expect some sort of attempt to refile both of these. You can expect an attempt to have the Cool Big Friends at the Supreme Court fix this, but it’s not clear that even this court would step into this mess.

Meanwhile, Trump and Bondi are going to have to figure out how to salvage the investigation into Schiff, which is currently way, way off the rails. Christine Bish, a full MAGA activist in California, seems to have gone rogue. Bish has been bragging on social media about how she wrote the “report” that led to Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte referring Schiff to the DOJ for criminal charges.

But now prosecutors are investigating Bish to determine whether Pulte and jack-of-all-bad-trades Ed Martin used improper tactics in their investigation of Schiff and whether the criminal investigation was revealed to unauthorized people.

Things aren’t as tacky in the Cook case, but things are equally shambolic. Trump and his minions targeted Cook with the same sort of vague mortgage fraud allegations. Too bad that multiple high-level Trump appointees have the same arrangements, including Pulte’s father and stepmother who managed to save themselves $158,000 in taxes in 2025 alone.

Much like Halligan having learned that securing an indictment doesn’t somehow magically mean that Comey and James would have to go to jail immediately, Trump seems to be learning that howling for revenge doesn’t carry the day either.

Getting a criminal conviction in these situations is hard work, and no one in the administration is cut out for it. That doesn’t mean they’ll stop trying, but it might mean they keep failing.

 

[DonGlock26]

Lindsey Halligan is not having a great day. But you know who is probably having a worse day? President Donald Trump.

The sham investigation into California Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff is also disintegrating into a gossipy mess.

The mortgage fraud allegations against Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook are problematic, as several Trump administration officials have the same arrangements that are ostensibly so fraud-sy for Cook.

How dare so many people stand in the way of Trump’s desire to wreak vengeance??

The defeat that has to sting the most right now is seeing Halligan, Trump’s handpicked interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Nevada, absolutely crash and burn.

Fam, is it good when 100% of the cases you brought are dismissed, and you also learn you are not legally in your job and never have been? Honestly, it makes U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C. Jeanine Pirro’s cavalcade of no-bills and trial losses look positively minor by comparison.

So what does this mean for our favorite insurance lawyer/Smithsonian DEI cop/Interim U.S. attorney for retribution for the Eastern District of Virginia?

Well, first, she can no longer put interim U.S. attorney on her resume, as the ruling says she was never in her job legally, not even from day one. And what flows from that, of course, is that the indictments she secured while flying completely solo are out.

The reason Halligan is not legally in her job is similar to the reasons that three other Trump interim picks—Alina Habba, Sigal Chattah, and Bill Essayli—are not. All of these people were named as interim or acting U.S. attorneys, so Trump doesn’t have to try to secure Senate confirmation for this passel of pliable nitwits. The courts keep finding that all these appointment shenanigans do not add up to being an actual U.S. attorney.

But Halligan was the only one specifically tasked with delivering Trump’s retribution, so this one no doubt really stings.

Currie found that since Halligan’s installation violated the Appointments Clause, the only remedy is to dismiss the indictment, as she wasn’t an attorney authorized by law to conduct grand jury proceedings when she did. And since she was flying solo on those, there’s no way to save the indictments by arguing that some other eligible attorney presented and signed them as well.

The judge apparently did not buy Attorney General Pam Bondi’s argument that she could somehow magically ratify Halligan’s indictments by reviewing Halligan’s grand jury testimony and deciding it was dandy. The problem with that approach was that the government didn’t yet have the complete transcription at the time Bondi was bragging about having read it all.

Unfortunately, the judge dismissed both Comey’s and James’ indictments without prejudice, which means the government could theoretically bring new charges. However, it isn’t at all clear what happens with Comey’s indictment, as the statute of limitations has already run out.

You can expect appeals. You can expect howling from Trump and Bondi. You can expect some sort of attempt to refile both of these. You can expect an attempt to have the Cool Big Friends at the Supreme Court fix this, but it’s not clear that even this court would step into this mess.

Meanwhile, Trump and Bondi are going to have to figure out how to salvage the investigation into Schiff, which is currently way, way off the rails. Christine Bish, a full MAGA activist in California, seems to have gone rogue. Bish has been bragging on social media about how she wrote the “report” that led to Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte referring Schiff to the DOJ for criminal charges.

But now prosecutors are investigating Bish to determine whether Pulte and jack-of-all-bad-trades Ed Martin used improper tactics in their investigation of Schiff and whether the criminal investigation was revealed to unauthorized people.

Things aren’t as tacky in the Cook case, but things are equally shambolic. Trump and his minions targeted Cook with the same sort of vague mortgage fraud allegations. Too bad that multiple high-level Trump appointees have the same arrangements, including Pulte’s father and stepmother who managed to save themselves $158,000 in taxes in 2025 alone.

Much like Halligan having learned that securing an indictment doesn’t somehow magically mean that Comey and James would have to go to jail immediately, Trump seems to be learning that howling for revenge doesn’t carry the day either.

Getting a criminal conviction in these situations is hard work, and no one in the administration is cut out for it. That doesn’t mean they’ll stop trying, but it might mean they keep failing.

TLDR

 

[DonGlock26]

Sounds like leverage. Trump's having a problem playing by the rules.

Sounds like the Swamp.

 

[skews13]

TLDR

That's ok. Somebody more intelligent than you, which would be most people, will read it.

 

[Seymour Flops]

Lindsey Halligan is not having a great day. But you know who is probably having a worse day? President Donald Trump.

The sham investigation into California Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff is also disintegrating into a gossipy mess.

The mortgage fraud allegations against Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook are problematic, as several Trump administration officials have the same arrangements that are ostensibly so fraud-sy for Cook.

How dare so many people stand in the way of Trump’s desire to wreak vengeance??

The defeat that has to sting the most right now is seeing Halligan, Trump’s handpicked interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Nevada, absolutely crash and burn.

Fam, is it good when 100% of the cases you brought are dismissed, and you also learn you are not legally in your job and never have been? Honestly, it makes U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C. Jeanine Pirro’s cavalcade of no-bills and trial losses look positively minor by comparison.

So what does this mean for our favorite insurance lawyer/Smithsonian DEI cop/Interim U.S. attorney for retribution for the Eastern District of Virginia?

Well, first, she can no longer put interim U.S. attorney on her resume, as the ruling says she was never in her job legally, not even from day one. And what flows from that, of course, is that the indictments she secured while flying completely solo are out.

The reason Halligan is not legally in her job is similar to the reasons that three other Trump interim picks—Alina Habba, Sigal Chattah, and Bill Essayli—are not. All of these people were named as interim or acting U.S. attorneys, so Trump doesn’t have to try to secure Senate confirmation for this passel of pliable nitwits. The courts keep finding that all these appointment shenanigans do not add up to being an actual U.S. attorney.

But Halligan was the only one specifically tasked with delivering Trump’s retribution, so this one no doubt really stings.

Currie found that since Halligan’s installation violated the Appointments Clause, the only remedy is to dismiss the indictment, as she wasn’t an attorney authorized by law to conduct grand jury proceedings when she did. And since she was flying solo on those, there’s no way to save the indictments by arguing that some other eligible attorney presented and signed them as well.

The judge apparently did not buy Attorney General Pam Bondi’s argument that she could somehow magically ratify Halligan’s indictments by reviewing Halligan’s grand jury testimony and deciding it was dandy. The problem with that approach was that the government didn’t yet have the complete transcription at the time Bondi was bragging about having read it all.

Unfortunately, the judge dismissed both Comey’s and James’ indictments without prejudice, which means the government could theoretically bring new charges. However, it isn’t at all clear what happens with Comey’s indictment, as the statute of limitations has already run out.

You can expect appeals. You can expect howling from Trump and Bondi. You can expect some sort of attempt to refile both of these. You can expect an attempt to have the Cool Big Friends at the Supreme Court fix this, but it’s not clear that even this court would step into this mess.

Meanwhile, Trump and Bondi are going to have to figure out how to salvage the investigation into Schiff, which is currently way, way off the rails. Christine Bish, a full MAGA activist in California, seems to have gone rogue. Bish has been bragging on social media about how she wrote the “report” that led to Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte referring Schiff to the DOJ for criminal charges.

But now prosecutors are investigating Bish to determine whether Pulte and jack-of-all-bad-trades Ed Martin used improper tactics in their investigation of Schiff and whether the criminal investigation was revealed to unauthorized people.

Things aren’t as tacky in the Cook case, but things are equally shambolic. Trump and his minions targeted Cook with the same sort of vague mortgage fraud allegations. Too bad that multiple high-level Trump appointees have the same arrangements, including Pulte’s father and stepmother who managed to save themselves $158,000 in taxes in 2025 alone.

Much like Halligan having learned that securing an indictment doesn’t somehow magically mean that Comey and James would have to go to jail immediately, Trump seems to be learning that howling for revenge doesn’t carry the day either.

Getting a criminal conviction in these situations is hard work, and no one in the administration is cut out for it. That doesn’t mean they’ll stop trying, but it might mean they keep failing.

The indictments will be reinstated by higher court judges.

Comey can run, but he cannot hide.

Unless he goes to Barbados or something, which would save some tax dollars and his book money.

 

[JimH52]

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5614365-bondi-halligan-disbarment-comey-ty-cobb/

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Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb said Wednesday that Attorney General Pam Bondi and interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan should be disbarred over the Justice Department’s prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey.

Speaking with anchor Chris Jansing on MS NOW, formerly MSNBC, Cobb said it was “shocking” that the Comey indictment “was never properly returned,” which made it “dispositive.”


Cobb added that he thinks “both Halligan and Bondi should be disbarred.”

They both should be disbarred. Such is the end for so many attorneys that trump tapped on the shoulder. She is just another stooge trump picked to do his dirty work.

 

[WorldWatcher]

The cases were tossed because of who brought them, not on their merits.

Judge Cannon agrees with this statement.

WW

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

The sham investigation into California Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff is also disintegrating into a gossipy mess.

The DOJ is forced to investigate itself for breaking laws during the Schiff investigation, because of the corrupt, incompetent people Trump has infested it with.

Trump corrupts everything he touches.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Judge Cannon agrees with this statement.

WW

Hunter Biden too, I bet. He wishes.

 

[Dragonlady]

It was dismissed on a technicality, that Trump appointed the attorney. That’s it.

Not on the evidence the grand jury saw and agreed there was enough evidence to charge.

It was not dismissed “with prejudice” which means it can be appealed.

The Grand Jury didn't even SEE the indictment, and they ONLY reason they agreed to the second and third charges in the original indictment was because the prosecutor LIED to the Grand Jury about what happened.

A TRUMP APPOINTED prosecutor refused to file charges for lack of evidence. The prosecutor who filed the charges had no experience as a prosecutor she lied to the Grand Jury and the to Court, causing the case to be dismissed.

TRUMP CANNOT USE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO FALSELY PROSECUTE HIS ENEMIES. THEY'VE COMMITTED NO CRIMES.

Lord but you are stupid and gullible.

 

[WEATHER53]

All these bogus biased rulings go up the line and get swatted 9 months later when we are onto other headlines . They know that. It’s the smear, not the outcome that is in play

 

[theHawk]

The Grand Jury didn't even SEE the indictment, and they ONLY reason they agreed to the second and third charges in the original indictment was because the prosecutor LIED to the Grand Jury about what happened.

A TRUMP APPOINTED prosecutor refused to file charges for lack of evidence. The prosecutor who filed the charges had no experience as a prosecutor she lied to the Grand Jury and the to Court, causing the case to be dismissed.

TRUMP CANNOT USE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO FALSELY PROSECUTE HIS ENEMIES. THEY'VE COMMITTED NO CRIMES.

Lord but you are stupid and gullible.

What proof do you have she “lied”?

 

[Seymour Flops]

The Grand Jury didn't even SEE the indictment, and they ONLY reason they agreed to the second and third charges in the original indictment was because the prosecutor LIED to the Grand Jury about what happened.

A TRUMP APPOINTED prosecutor refused to file charges for lack of evidence. The prosecutor who filed the charges had no experience as a prosecutor she lied to the Grand Jury and the to Court, causing the case to be dismissed.

TRUMP CANNOT USE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO FALSELY PROSECUTE HIS ENEMIES. THEY'VE COMMITTED NO CRIMES.

Lord but you are stupid and gullible.

If they are innocent, they have nothing to worry about.

 

[Dragonlady]

No need. This was just a silly delay.

No it isn't. This is the end of the line for Trump, and not just on this case.

The statute of limitations has passed on the Comey case. The Leticia James case was also dismissed and my guess is the John Bolton case is also on thin ice.

The problem for Trump is that he really did commit all of the crimes he was charged with, and a whole lot of shit he will never be charged with. The guy has always been a crook, and it's all catching up with him.

 

[Marener]

It was dismissed on a technicality, that Trump appointed the attorney. That’s it.

Not on the evidence the grand jury saw and agreed there was enough evidence to charge.

It was not dismissed “with prejudice” which means it can be appealed.

The technicality was easiest to prove. There’s about 10 more reasons it should be dismissed.

How many times do you want to be embarrassed?

 

[Zincwarrior]

Comey paid his lawyers for this delaying tactic. He'll keep paying his lawyers for the foreseeable future, so it's good that his book sold 600,000 copies in the first week. The boy has been bankin' and he'll need every penny to fight the federal government.

I look forward to the Trump family being imprisoned.