Judge dismisses DOJ criminal cases against Comey, James

A federal judge dismissed the cases against two of President Trump's political adversaries on Monday after finding that the prosecutor Trump handpicked to pursue charges against them was unlawfully appointed.

U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie said Lindsey Halligan, the U.S. attorney selected by Trump to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), was never eligible to assume the post.

A 120-day clock on interim appointments expired during the previous prosecutor's tenure, the judge said, meaning the authority to appoint a replacement fell with the district's federal judges, not Attorney General Pam Bondi...