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BumRushDaShow

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Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:19 AM 9 hrs ago

James Comey catches DOJ saying one thing to bury Jack Smiths report on Trump and another to clean up a mess of Pam Bondi

Source: Law & Crime

Mar 4th, 2026, 5:28 pm


James Comey accused the DOJ of hypocrisy on Tuesday, as the former FBI director told a three-judge panel that efforts to revive his "fatally flawed" false statement and obstruction prosecution cannot succeed.

The brief at the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals began by calling the "purported indictment" of Comey "fatally flawed" because U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi unlawfully appointed Lindsey Halligan as the interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia and then failed to fix the defect a month after the fact.

Since Halligan "could not validly exercise any governmental power" at the time she secured the indictment on her own and without authority, Comey said, the DOJ shouldn't get another chance to imperil his freedom.

"The government seeks to excuse its unlawful actions on the ground that it perhaps could have appointed Ms. Halligan differently. But that argument lacks force where, as here, fundamental constitutional protections and individual liberty are at stake. In short, the United States cannot charge and prosecute a case through a person who is not entitled to exercise governmental authority," Comey argued. "This Court should affirm."

Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/james-comey-lowers-boom-on-lindsey-halligan-and-says-theres-nothing-doj-can-do-to-salvage-prosecution/



Full headline: James Comey catches DOJ saying one thing to bury Jack Smith's report on Trump and another to clean up a mess of Pam Bondi's making

Link to FILING (PDF) - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/27760136/comey.pdf
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James Comey catches DOJ saying one thing to bury Jack Smiths report on Trump and another to clean up a mess of Pam Bondi (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 9 hrs ago OP
Obvs not a Comey fan but this case is total bullshit and I deeply hate people getting railroaded AZJonnie 9 hrs ago #1

AZJonnie

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1. Obvs not a Comey fan but this case is total bullshit and I deeply hate people getting railroaded
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:35 AM
9 hrs ago

just as a general concept, no matter who it is

Plus I hate Bondi and Trump a lot more than Comey. Comey at least did SOME decent shit in the past (The Rumsfeld/Gonzalez incident for example) and other than one glaring (albeit huge) incident mostly served the country with honor, so this one is a no-brainer. I hope Comey fucking embarrasses the regime. I want EVERYONE to. I don't care if it's Ted Cruz, I'd pull for him against this lawless, murderous regime in a court fight.

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