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Trump news at a glance: James Comey, Letitia James welcome judge’s decision to toss criminal cases

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James Comey and Letitia James in this composite photograph/ Photograph: Brendan Smialowski,timothy A Clary/AFP/Getty Images

A federal judge threw out the criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James on Monday, concluding that the prosecutor handling the case was unlawfully appointed.

Lindsey Halligan, who Trump named the interim US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia in September, had “no lawful authority to present the indictment” against the former FBI director and New York attorney general, Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, wrote in her opinion.

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