What does compromising the integrity of a bedrock institution look like?

[berg80]

James Comey's judge didn't call Lindsey Halligan a 'puppet,' but that didn't stop her or the DOJ from digging a deeper hole​

As the defense for former FBI Director James Comey alleged in open court Wednesday that his prosecution was vindictively and selectively brought, and that the circumstances surrounding Lindsey Halligan's appointment as interim U.S. attorney were the case-in-point, the judge asked a simple question of Comey's attorney — specifically, whether he was saying that Halligan was a "stalking horse" or a "puppet."

In the aftermath, Halligan and the DOJ transformed U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff's question into an affirmative statement that she was, in fact, a "puppet" doing President Donald Trump's bidding.

It wasn't a good day in court for the DOJ, as Halligan's brief testimony only raised more questions, of potential significance or not, about the validity of the Sept. 25 obstruction and false statement indictment, handed up just three days after the former Trump defense lawyer was appointed and five days before the statute of limitations were set to expire on Sept. 30. The series of events unfolded despite reported determinations by other prosecutors that the evidence against Comey wasn't sufficient.

Halligan, lacking any prosecutorial experience, replaced former interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Erik Siebert two days after the president posted a message directed to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Truth Social, bristling that "[n]othing is being done" about "guilty as hell" Comey, Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James, and Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.

Comey's judge didn't call Lindsey Halligan a 'puppet,' but that didn't stop her from saying it

After a James Comey hearing, Lindsey Halligan and the DOJ transformed Judge Nachmanoff's question into an affirmative statement that she was a Trump "puppet."

lawandcrime.com

This is the MO the trump regime follows over and over. When incompetent attorneys bring fatuous cases in to courts and get called out for it they lash out at the judge. Eventually claiming they have been victimized by biased judges when they inevitably lose.

Surely by now you folks must be able to see that.

 

[berg80]

"A federal judge should be neutral and impartial. Instead, this judge launched an outrageous and unprofessional personal attack yesterday in open court against US Attorney Lindsey Halligan. DOJ will continue to follow the facts and the law," DOJ spokesperson Chad Gilmartin said in a statement posted to 'X' Thursday.

In reversal, DOJ says Comey indictment was reviewed by full grand jury

In a reversal from what the DOJ represented in court Wednesday, prosecutors said Thursday that the full grand jury reviewed the indictment of ex-FBI Director James Comey.

abcnews.go.com

Did Halligan "follow the facts" in her accusation against the judge?

Nope.

 

[ColonelAngus]

 

[Astrostar]

Heading for legal loss in Comey case, Halligan makes misleading public case against the judge

The Trump-installed prosecutor reportedly took umbrage at the judge “referring to me as a ‘puppet.’” That’s not what happened.

www.ms.now

Good luck with that. It's very difficult, as Trump knows , to overcome gross incompetence. And, being a Trump blonde ain't gonna help.

It's gonna be terribly hard to for Trump & Bondi to accept the fact that they appointed a totally unqualified prosecutor to handle the Comey case.

 

[struth]

Heading for legal loss in Comey case, Halligan makes misleading public case against the judge

The Trump-installed prosecutor reportedly took umbrage at the judge “referring to me as a ‘puppet.’” That’s not what happened.

www.ms.now

Good luck with that. It's very difficult, as Trump knows , to overcome gross incompetence. And, being a Trump blonde ain't gonna help.

It's gonna be terribly hard to for Trump & Bondi to accept the fact that they appointed a totally unqualified prosecutor to handle the Comey case.

The judge called her a puppet? How unprofessional and juvenile.

 

[Doc7505]

It looks like this. The link below provides ample examples, more than I expected to find, of how trump has turned the once venerable DoJ in to a farce.

The “Presumption of Regularity” in Trump Administration Litigation

Comprehensive study of court cases involving Trump administration and the basis for courts no longer giving a "presumption of regularity."

www.justsecurity.org

For the purposes of this thread I wanted to focus on a very recent instance with parallels to this.

A. General​

Chief Judge James Boasberg (W. Bush appointee; Obama appointee), J.G.G. v. Trump, 1:25-cv-00766 (D.D.C.)

This case involves the Trump administration’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang.

On Apr. 3, Judge Boasberg repeatedly asked the government’s counsel for information on the flights the administration was using to transport alleged gang members to El Salvador, and was told that the DOJ had no additional information. In an Apr. 16 memorandum opinion finding probable cause for criminal contempt, Boasberg wrote that he believed “that the Government might be rapidly dispatching removal flights in an apparent effort to evade judicial review while also refusing to provide any helpful information.” He added, “Those later-discovered flight movements, however, were obscured from the Court when the hearing resumed shortly after 6:00 p.m. because the Government surprisingly represented that it still had no flight details to share.”

Comey case hanging by a thread as judge squeezes DOJ over Halligan’s handling​

Nachmanoff also pressed prosecutors about whether career officials had initially recommended against prosecuting Comey — only to be told by Lemons that the answer could be “privileged.”

Lemons, one of the lead prosecutors in Comey’s case, said the existence of a so-called declination memo — which could outline weaknesses in the case — might be considered internal “work product” material not subject to disclosure. He repeatedly declined to answer questions from Nachmanoff about the existence of a declination memo. Lemons added, however, that he had seen drafts of memos analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the case against Comey.

“I am aware of written correspondence debating whether charges should be brought,” Lemons said as Nachmanoff pressed him.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/19/james-comey-case-lindsey-halligan-hearing-00659479

Judge Nachmanoff obviously wants to see the declination letter written by prosecutors in Halligan's office stating the charges against Comey should not be brought. Those prosecutors are currently refusing to participate in Comey's prosecution which is why Halligan appeared before the grand jury alone. Her inexperience leading to the process being completely botched.

An attorney representing the DoJ, Tyler Lemons.......who is on loan from another office.......eventually admitted "someone" in Deputy AG Todd Blanche's office told him not admit to the existence of the letter.

AI Overview

During a recent court hearing, Assistant U.S. Attorney N. Tyler Lemons testified that he was instructed by "someone" in the office of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche not to disclose whether a declination letter or memo, which would have recommended against prosecuting James Comey, existed.

It's just one example of how judges around the country can no longer assume DoJ attorneys have proceeded and or are proceeding in a good faith representation of the truth. trump, he did that.........with a big assist from loyalists Bondi and Blanche.

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Just love it. Democrats sacrificing their own integrity by going after Trump.
Turns out a lot of Democrats are going to be burnt by the exposure of the Epstein file..
Then there's the the shopped judges by Democrats needed to legislate frin thw bench now being exposed that may eventually lead ti the expulsion frim the bench,.

 

[MarathonMike]

James Comey is a Democrat scum bag and so is his daughter. Nothing will ever happen to either one of them because ranking Democrats are above the law.

 

[Crepitus]

James Comey's judge didn't call Lindsey Halligan a 'puppet,' but that didn't stop her or the DOJ from digging a deeper hole​

As the defense for former FBI Director James Comey alleged in open court Wednesday that his prosecution was vindictively and selectively brought, and that the circumstances surrounding Lindsey Halligan's appointment as interim U.S. attorney were the case-in-point, the judge asked a simple question of Comey's attorney — specifically, whether he was saying that Halligan was a "stalking horse" or a "puppet."

In the aftermath, Halligan and the DOJ transformed U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff's question into an affirmative statement that she was, in fact, a "puppet" doing President Donald Trump's bidding.

It wasn't a good day in court for the DOJ, as Halligan's brief testimony only raised more questions, of potential significance or not, about the validity of the Sept. 25 obstruction and false statement indictment, handed up just three days after the former Trump defense lawyer was appointed and five days before the statute of limitations were set to expire on Sept. 30. The series of events unfolded despite reported determinations by other prosecutors that the evidence against Comey wasn't sufficient.

Halligan, lacking any prosecutorial experience, replaced former interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Erik Siebert two days after the president posted a message directed to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Truth Social, bristling that "[n]othing is being done" about "guilty as hell" Comey, Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James, and Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.

Comey's judge didn't call Lindsey Halligan a 'puppet,' but that didn't stop her from saying it

After a James Comey hearing, Lindsey Halligan and the DOJ transformed Judge Nachmanoff's question into an affirmative statement that she was a Trump "puppet."

lawandcrime.com

This is the MO the trump regime follows over and over. When incompetent attorneys bring fatuous cases in to courts and get called out for it they lash out at the judge. Eventually claiming they have been victimized by biased judges when they inevitably lose.

Surely by now you folks must be able to see that.

Water is wet, rain falls down, tRumplings lie.

It really is just that simple.

 

[Crepitus]

James Comey is a Democrat scum bag and so is his daughter. Nothing will ever happen to either one of them because ranking Democrats are above the law.

Already got the excuses lined up, huh?

 

[Crepitus]

The judge called her a puppet? How unprofessional and juvenile.

It didn't happen.

DERP

 

[BluesLegend]

James Comey is a Democrat scum bag and so is his daughter. Nothing will ever happen to either one of them because ranking Democrats are above the law.

Democrats have been blatantly breaking the law for 20+ years now any have never been held accountable. That's why they are so arrogant and smug about it.

Then you have corrupt Biden gifting blanket pardons to all the law breakers including his own family members for laws they broke or may have broken over the past 10 years. Wow just wow. That's Dems telling everyone F you!

 

[struth]

It didn't happen.

DERP

Um the link says that’s what was what he asked te defense attorney

 

[Billiejeens]

James Comey is a Democrat scum bag and so is his daughter. Nothing will ever happen to either one of them because ranking Democrats are above the law.

All democrats

 

[berg80]

James Comey is a Democrat scum bag and so is his daughter. Nothing will ever happen to either one of them because ranking Democrats are above the law.

You get high marks for deflection, low marks for factual accuracy. He was a R for his whole life until becoming an Independent in 2016.

 

[berg80]

As a point of law, because Comey's legal team has moved to have the case dismissed due to vindictive prosecution the judge was within his procedural rights to ask about the declination memo. The one Lemon tried to avoid answering questions about. Though he ultimately admitted he was instructed by someone in Todd Blanche's office not to discuss it.

Will Bondi, Blanche, and Halligan face disciplinary action from the court. We'll see.

 

[Marener]

Um the link says that’s what was what he asked te defense attorney

Which means he didn’t call her anything but asked the defense for their opinion.

You sad people lie too much.

 

[struth]

Which means he didn’t call her anything but asked the defense for their opinion.

You sad people lie too much.

Sure dembot

 

[MarathonMike]

You get high marks for deflection, low marks for factual accuracy. He was a R for his whole life until becoming an Independent in 2016.

LOL yeah right Independent uh huh Oooookkkkaaaaayyy. And Liz Cheney is a Republican too.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

If you dont buy into his retarded political dogma, you are a trump supporter. How stupid can you be?

Politics today is like the Jerry Springer Show

We need statesmen

 

[Marener]

We need statesmen

You should have thought of that before electing a reality TV star.