MSNBC - Former FBI Director James Comey's legal team filed motions seeking the dismissal of criminal charges against him, arguing that the case was politically motivated and that the lawyer Trump named to prosecute him, Lindsey Halligan, wasn't properly appointed.
Comey's attorneys referred to the president’s September social media post in which he called on Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute his political foes.
Halligan, a former insurance lawyer who is now interim head of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, was "defectively appointed" to her position, Comey's attorneys argued, adding that "because no properly appointed Executive Branch official sought and obtained the indictment, the indictment is equally a nullity."
Comey's attorneys noted that Halligan, who previously worked as a personal lawyer for Trump, lacked prosecutorial experience, adding that "no other prosecutor from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia participated in the grand jury presentation." Read the full story.
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