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A federal judge has thrown out the criminal indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, finding that the prosecutor who brought the cases was unlawfully appointed and therefore lacked authority to present the charges. Judge Cameron McGowan Currie concluded that the appointment process was defective, so the indictments could not stand.
The ruling turned on a technical but crucial point: the 120-day interim appointment clock began when Erik Siebert was named, and once that statutory period expired the Attorney General no longer had authority to install Lindsey Halligan as interim U.S. attorney. Currie said that Bondi’s attempt to place Halligan in the role after that deadline was invalid, making her prosecutorial acts void.
The judge dismissed the cases without prejudice, meaning prosecutors theoretically could try again, but legal experts and the defense argue the statute of limitations may already bar a new indictment in Comey’s case. That detail matters — it could mean the political theater that produced these prosecutions ends not with convictions but with embarrassment for those who engineered them.
The Department of Justice has signaled it may appeal, but this episode exposes how easily the levers of the justice system can be manipulated if ordinary rules are ignored. Reports show Halligan was brought in after the prior interim U.S. attorney resisted politically motivated prosecutions, and critics warned early on that an inexperienced, loyalist appointee was being used to secure indictments on a rushed timetable.
Patriots should be furious, not relieved: this is not a victory lap for the swamp but a warning. Whether you cheered these indictments or protested them, the real issue is that any administration — left or right — can trample established norms when officials abandon ordinary processes for political ends, and that must stop.
Now is the moment for conservatives who believe in the rule of law to demand reforms: return confirmations to the Senate where the Constitution requires them, tighten the limits on interim appointments, and insist that prosecutions be driven by evidence, not revenge. Hardworking Americans deserve a justice system that protects everyone equally, not a tool to be wielded against enemies.
