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struggle4progress

(124,695 posts) Tue Sep 30, 2025, 06:15 PM 6 hrs ago

Oh, look! Oh, see! See Lindsey! See Lindsey crash and burn! Burn, Lindsey, burn!

Glenn Kirschner
Sep 30, 2025

Given that it appears no honest, ethical, self-respecting prosecutor would vindictively indict Donald Trump's enemy, former FBI Director James Comey, Trump sent a flunky into the grand jury to do his dirty bidding. Lindsey Halligan apparently convinced a grand jury to indict Comey. Halligan then appeared before a judge with not one but two indictments that the judge noted were inconsistent with one another

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Oh, look! Oh, see! See Lindsey! See Lindsey crash and burn! Burn, Lindsey, burn! (Original Post) struggle4progress 6 hrs ago OP

US attorney indicted Comey despite little DoJ support struggle4progress 6 hrs ago #1

Yet another trump FAIL ancianita 6 hrs ago #2

Another one who would rather be beautiful than smart. Irish_Dem 6 hrs ago #3

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struggle4progress

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1. US attorney indicted Comey despite little DoJ support

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Tue Sep 30, 2025, 06:24 PM

6 hrs ago

Evan Perez
Kristen Holmes

Lindsey Halligan, President Donald Trump’s handpicked U.S. attorney in one of the country’s most important federal prosecutor shops, was effectively set up to fail last Thursday, sources said, when in her first ever presentation before a grand jury, she convinced the panel to indict former FBI Director James Comey on two of three counts.

The Justice Department and the seasoned lawyers at the Eastern District of Virginia US Attorney’s Office, known for its aggressive government leak and national security prosecutions, had collectively turned their nose up at the case, with many believing the evidence wasn’t strong enough to support criminal charges.

DOJ headquarters declined to provide lawyers to assist Halligan, and FBI agents and lawyers working to prepare her were denied their request for a para-legal professional to assist in the presentation, according to two people familiar with the matter ...

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/30/politics/lindsey-halligan-trump-attorney-comey-indictment