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A federal judge on November 24, 2025, tossed the criminal cases against former FBI director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, and hardworking Americans today should be furious at what just happened. The dismissal came not because the evidence was reviewed and found wanting, but because of a procedural finding about who signed the indictments — a technicality that lets powerful people off the hook while ordinary citizens face the full force of the law.
U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie ruled that the prosecutor who brought the charges, Lindsey Halligan, was unlawfully appointed as the interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and therefore every action she took — including the indictments — was invalidated. This is not a small administrative gripe; the judge wrote that allowing the appointment to stand would let the government bypass fundamental checks and send unqualified private citizens into grand jury rooms. Conservatives should welcome the protection of procedure, but we must also call out the wider implications for accountability when the rules can be weaponized.
The timeline here reads like something out of a political thriller: Halligan, a former White House aide with no prior prosecutorial experience, was sworn in as acting U.S. attorney on September 22, 2025, and within days secured an indictment of Comey just before the statute of limitations would run out. Reports show the move followed public pressure from the president and an abrupt push to replace a career prosecutor who had hesitated to bring charges. That kind of rapid-fire, politically charged staffing maneuver smells of raw politics, and the court apparently agreed it crossed a line.
The judge dismissed the cases without prejudice, which technically leaves the door open to refiling, but Comey’s indictment came right on the edge of the statute of limitations, meaning this may be as close as we get to real consequences for a man many conservatives view as emblematic of the swamp. The Justice Department says it will appeal, predictably kicking the matter up the chain and prolonging media theatrics while many Americans wait for accountability. This drawn-out dance plays perfectly into the establishment’s playbook: create spectacle, wear down the public, and hope time erases outrage.
Patriotic commentators on the right like Greg Kelly were incandescent about the outcome, calling it a travesty and arguing that Comey walked because the system bent over backwards to shield a political insider. Conservatives who have watched the FBI and DOJ flail for years understand the raw frustration: we want the law applied equally, not used as a tool for elites or as a theater for vendettas. News outlets friendly to the left will hail the ruling as a win for process; we see it for what it is — another example of Washington protecting its own.
So what should decent, hardworking Americans take from this? Demand better from our institutions. We must insist on rules being followed and on genuine, nonpartisan prosecutions when wrongdoing is alleged — and we must also push back when political theater tramples due process or when technicalities become shields for the powerful. Keep your eyes open, hold the DOJ and judges accountable, and make sure the next round of decisions favors fairness over favoritism.
