Judge in Comey case scolds prosecutors as he orders them to produce records from probe
Source: AP
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered prosecutors in the criminal case of former FBI Director James Comey to produce to defense lawyers a trove of materials from the investigation, saying he was concerned the Justice Department’s position had been to “indict first" and investigate second.
Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick instructed prosecutors to produce by the end of the day on Thursday grand jury materials and other evidence that investigators seized during the investigation. The order followed arguments in which Comey’s attorneys said they were at a disadvantage because they had not been able to yet review information that was collected years ago as part of an investigation into FBI media leaks.
Comey, who attended the hearing but did not speak, is charged with lying to Congress in 2020 in a case filed days after President Donald Trump appeared to urge his attorney general to prosecute the former FBI director and other perceived political enemies. Comey has pleaded not guilty, and his lawyers have argued that it's a vindictive prosecution brought at the direction of the Republican president and must be dismissed.
Fitzpatrick raised his own concerns, telling lawyers on Wednesday, “The procedural posture of this case is highly unusual.” He said it appeared to him that the Justice Department had decided to “indict first” and investigate later.
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According to Michael Wolff, one of the reasons Schlump hates Comey so much is because he's too tall! I kid you not, on the Daily Beast's Inside Trump's Head podcaet, Wolff said that Trump is very uncomfortable any time he's not the tallest person in the room. James Comey is 6'8," which he means he TOWERS over Trump:
“Trump, who has almost a need, a motivating need to be the tallest guy in the room, had enormous problems dealing with” being so much shorter than an adversary, Wolff said.
He went on to claim that Trump’s team would coordinate to ensure that, on the occasions he had to share a room with Comey, that the one-time FBI director would already be seated by the time the president made his entrance.
“There was always an effort to choreograph this, of having Comey seated
before Trump came into the room, of any other way to create a situation so that Trump would not be conscious in that immediate moment of Comey’s really impressive height,” Wolff said.Source: https://www.thedailybeast.com/unusual-reason-donald-trumps-james-comey-grudge-goes-so-deep-author-michael-wolff/
Is that hilarious or what?
Of course, that's far from the only reason for Trump's resentment of Comey, but I just love the idea that Comey being so tall was evidently a major burr under Trump's saddle during that first term ! rofl: