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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at the request of President Donald Trump was illegally appointed by the Justice Department.
Read more: A federal judge is considering challenging the appointment of the prosecutor who charged James Comey and Letitia James
The rulings from U.S. District Attorney Cameron McGowan Currie amount to a stunning rebuke of the Trump administration’s efforts to target Trump’s political opponents as well as its legal maneuvers to appoint a loyal prosecutor willing to rush cases.
These orders make Lindsey Halligan the latest Trump administration prosecutor to be disqualified because of the way they were appointed.
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