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Sam Levine

US judge throws out criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James

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James Comey and Letitia James. Composite: Bloomberg via Getty Images, AP

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

Lindsey Halligan, whom 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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