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Thursday, November 20, 2025

The hearing Wednesday morning in the case against former FBI Director James Comey ended with a revelation by prosecutors and a conundrum: if a full grand jury never reviewed the final set of charges handed up against Comey, are they void? The question arose after a shocking back and forth where prosecutors conceded that instead of presenting a new indictment to the grand jury after it declined to approve one of three counts, interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan simply brought an altered version, omitting the rejected count, to the magistrate's courtroom for the grand jury's foreperson to sign.

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Nachmanoff called on Halligan " Trump's handpicked US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia who secured the indictment against Comey by herself " to explain exactly what grand jurors did, or did not, see. Halligan appeared frustrated as she confirmed that only the foreperson and one other juror " not the entire grand jury " saw the final indictment.

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... The hearing Wednesday morning in the case against former FBI Director James Comey ended with a revelation by prosecutors and a conundrum: if a full grand jury never reviewed the final set of charges handed up against Comey, are they void? ...

So, the Trump DoJ wants to prosecute a person because the person is viewed as an enemy of Pres Trump, and not because of the evidence presented?


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-20 01:21 AM | Reply

Then there's this ...

Former Trump Lawyer Calls for Pam Bondi to be Disbarred
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... Former Trump White House Attorney Ty Cobb told MS NOW anchor Chris Jansing on Wednesday that both Attorney General Pam Bondi and interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan should be disbarred over how the evidence and charges were presented to the grand jury in the case against ex-FBI Director James Comey.

U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff questioned earlier in the day "whether the entire grand jury ever saw the two-count indictment that a magistrate judge received after the grand jurors rejected one of three charges" presented by Halligan, reported Politico of the day's proceedings.

The case was already under heavy scrutiny as a judge warned Monday of apparent "government misconduct" in charging Comey. ...



#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-20 01:25 AM | Reply

There's going to be a popcorn shortage.

#3 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-11-20 01:28 AM | Reply

@#3 ... There's going to be a popcorn shortage. ...

Yup, that my view as well.

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-20 02:06 AM | Reply

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