The Justice Department acknowledged Wednesday that the grand jury that indicted former FBI Director James Comey was never shown the final version of the charges. Prosecutors revealed the lapse under questioning by the judge overseeing the case. Comey’s attorneys argued the omission warrants dismissing the indictment. The judge did not immediately rule.
Hopefully they can perjury and remove all of the prosecuting attorney’s licensures.
IJWTGH66 on
Whoa. What was signed by the foreperson? They probably attached the previous signature page to a new indictment. You go to jail for that.
campfire_eventide on
The incompetence continues
taco-bake on
Why am I continuously stunned by the total cluster this administration is.
ununuii on
This case is going to get shitcanned fast. Bondi’s fucking clown DOJ wanted so badly to effectuate Trump’s orders into actual charges that they sidelined the career prosecutors who told them, “no, there’s nothing here to work with” and then strung the grand jury along with an incomplete indictment.
snoo_spoo on
Holy. Shit.
smrad8 on
IANAL, but this seems like it could be dippy.
MoistService2607 on
Is this bad?
coatofforearm on
The judge should call Pam Bondi along with the prosecutor and sanction them all with large fines
HerbaciousTea on
What. The. Fuck. If that’s true, then describing the DOJ’s actions as “misconduct” to paraphrase the judge in this case, is a *dramatic* understatement. This proper fuck your life up criminal for everyone involved in the false indictment.
DoomOne on
I’m not an expert, but that sounds like fraud to me…
chrispy_exe on
In other words, the US Department of Justice is no longer a credible source of information.
Any and all department proceedings under this administration need to be independently reviewed, and no material released by the DOJ under the Epstein scandal should be treated as factual.
Share the news. Your government is 100% going to lie to prosecute who it wants. The proof already exists.
TotallyDissedHomie on
And tried to cover it up by withholding evidence. Disbarment should be the minimal consequence.
lredit2 on
What!!!! So she basically falsified the indictment returned in court. In normal times she would be disbarred and prosecuted for knowingly making a brazen and blatantly false representation to a court and for falsely charging an innocent person with a federal crime without probable cause!
hous26 on
Its moments like this that makes me realize if they mess with the Epstein Files they will get caught.
ClaretClarinets on
Oh, okay, so they falsified a grand jury indictment. Cool, nice, cool.
sonofagunn on
“Was that wrong? Should I not have done that? I tell you I gotta plead ignorance on this thing because if anyone had said anything to me at all when I first started here that that sort of thing was frowned upon…”
sonofagunn on
I haven’t been following the case very closely. Did the DOJ ever lie about this very thing to the judge or defense previously?
Stu420Pedaso on
This will be interesting to see how it pans out to gage how F*%$@d our legal system has become.
oneseason2000 on
Good enough for Trump-level government work … “The Justice Department acknowledged Wednesday that the grand jury that indicted former FBI Director James Comey was **~~never~~** shown the ***concept of a*** final version of the charges.”
smack54az on
This level of incompetence is our only hope for getting through this administration.
Short-Personality398 on
Maybe she wants the case thrown out on technicality because they don’t have a solid case or they realize that discovery will make things worse for them
hockeyclown420 on
Another case of unqualified individual with mar-a-lago face being given power and failing to do their job properly.
Onefortheteem on
Can’t wait till there are
Zero consequences for doing this.
J-the-Kidder on
I would like to say this is unbelievable, but considering the DOJ attorney said “you can vote to indict now, we have better evidence we’ll show at trial” nothing shady or illegal is off the table to consider as an option.
Zinfan1 on
Bondi and Halligan we know are spineless and willing to do whatever Trump demands but what about the lawyer who stood up in court and made those statements today? He should have resigned immediately after the hearing having befouled himself like that. They are all banking on MAGA forever to keep themselves employed at best and out of prison if it all comes crashing down.
pumpymcpumpface on
Oh damn, someone’s getting disbarred
illit3 on
Top tier uno reverse when the indictment is the crime. Holy fuck dude.
Jimbo415650 on
Someone should be disbarred
hokie47 on
The whole point of Federal juries is to protect us from a King. This is outrageous. It breaks the fundamental reason to have them.
Big-Olive763 on
Drain the swamp huh? Looks like the swamp is full up. Hypocritical behavior
whydoyouonlylie on
What the hell did the Grand Jury agree to prosecute him for if they were never shown what the government wanted to prosecute him for? Are they actually going to claim there was just blanket approval to prosecute him for whatever the hell they wanted?
And imagine going up as a witness about whether the **whole** Grand Jury was told what the indictment was and your answer to the question of whether just the foreman knew was ‘there was 1 other person there too’. Like fuck me that’s egregiouspy dishonest.
morbidlonging on
I read parts of this to my attorney husband and he audibly gasped then asked to see the write up. He didn’t believe me! Sounds like a pretty big fuckup!
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By Dan Gooding and Gabe Whisnant |
The Justice Department acknowledged Wednesday that the grand jury that indicted former FBI Director James Comey was never shown the final version of the charges. Prosecutors revealed the lapse under questioning by the judge overseeing the case. Comey’s attorneys argued the omission warrants dismissing the indictment. The judge did not immediately rule.
Read more: [https://www.newsweek.com/james-comey-indictment-jury-donald-trump-lindsey-halligan-11075754?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=reddit_main](https://www.newsweek.com/james-comey-indictment-jury-donald-trump-lindsey-halligan-11075754?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=reddit_main)
Absurd
Hopefully they can perjury and remove all of the prosecuting attorney’s licensures.
Whoa. What was signed by the foreperson? They probably attached the previous signature page to a new indictment. You go to jail for that.
The incompetence continues
Why am I continuously stunned by the total cluster this administration is.
This case is going to get shitcanned fast. Bondi’s fucking clown DOJ wanted so badly to effectuate Trump’s orders into actual charges that they sidelined the career prosecutors who told them, “no, there’s nothing here to work with” and then strung the grand jury along with an incomplete indictment.
Holy. Shit.
IANAL, but this seems like it could be dippy.
Is this bad?
The judge should call Pam Bondi along with the prosecutor and sanction them all with large fines
What. The. Fuck. If that’s true, then describing the DOJ’s actions as “misconduct” to paraphrase the judge in this case, is a *dramatic* understatement. This proper fuck your life up criminal for everyone involved in the false indictment.
I’m not an expert, but that sounds like fraud to me…
In other words, the US Department of Justice is no longer a credible source of information.
Any and all department proceedings under this administration need to be independently reviewed, and no material released by the DOJ under the Epstein scandal should be treated as factual.
Share the news. Your government is 100% going to lie to prosecute who it wants. The proof already exists.
And tried to cover it up by withholding evidence. Disbarment should be the minimal consequence.
What!!!! So she basically falsified the indictment returned in court. In normal times she would be disbarred and prosecuted for knowingly making a brazen and blatantly false representation to a court and for falsely charging an innocent person with a federal crime without probable cause!
Its moments like this that makes me realize if they mess with the Epstein Files they will get caught.
Oh, okay, so they falsified a grand jury indictment. Cool, nice, cool.
“Was that wrong? Should I not have done that? I tell you I gotta plead ignorance on this thing because if anyone had said anything to me at all when I first started here that that sort of thing was frowned upon…”
I haven’t been following the case very closely. Did the DOJ ever lie about this very thing to the judge or defense previously?
This will be interesting to see how it pans out to gage how F*%$@d our legal system has become.
Good enough for Trump-level government work … “The Justice Department acknowledged Wednesday that the grand jury that indicted former FBI Director James Comey was **~~never~~** shown the ***concept of a*** final version of the charges.”
This level of incompetence is our only hope for getting through this administration.
Maybe she wants the case thrown out on technicality because they don’t have a solid case or they realize that discovery will make things worse for them
Another case of unqualified individual with mar-a-lago face being given power and failing to do their job properly.
Can’t wait till there are
Zero consequences for doing this.
I would like to say this is unbelievable, but considering the DOJ attorney said “you can vote to indict now, we have better evidence we’ll show at trial” nothing shady or illegal is off the table to consider as an option.
Bondi and Halligan we know are spineless and willing to do whatever Trump demands but what about the lawyer who stood up in court and made those statements today? He should have resigned immediately after the hearing having befouled himself like that. They are all banking on MAGA forever to keep themselves employed at best and out of prison if it all comes crashing down.
Oh damn, someone’s getting disbarred
Top tier uno reverse when the indictment is the crime. Holy fuck dude.
Someone should be disbarred
The whole point of Federal juries is to protect us from a King. This is outrageous. It breaks the fundamental reason to have them.
Drain the swamp huh? Looks like the swamp is full up. Hypocritical behavior
What the hell did the Grand Jury agree to prosecute him for if they were never shown what the government wanted to prosecute him for? Are they actually going to claim there was just blanket approval to prosecute him for whatever the hell they wanted?
And imagine going up as a witness about whether the **whole** Grand Jury was told what the indictment was and your answer to the question of whether just the foreman knew was ‘there was 1 other person there too’. Like fuck me that’s egregiouspy dishonest.
I read parts of this to my attorney husband and he audibly gasped then asked to see the write up. He didn’t believe me! Sounds like a pretty big fuckup!
Did you capitalize Saw on purpose?
Comey should sue for exactly $86,047,000.
Another impeachable scandal. Holy fuck.