#trump-prosecution — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #trump-prosecution, aggregated by home.social.
-
Judge Berates Justice Dept. in Its Prosecution of Comey – The New York Times
Judge Berates Justice Dept. in Its Prosecution of Comey
Former F.B.I. director James B. Comey as he appeared during the hearing on Capitol Hill in 2017. Credit… Doug Mills / The New York TimesThe flashpoint was the Justice Department’s failure to turn over seized communications from a confidant of Mr. Comey’s, Daniel C. Richman, a law professor at Columbia University.
Listen to this article · 6:23 min Learn more
By Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer – Glenn Thrush reported from Alexandria, Va., and Alan Feuer from New York.
Nov. 5, 2025
A federal judge in the Trump administration’s prosecution of James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, on Wednesday blasted President Trump’s handpicked prosecutor, Lindsey Halligan, for taking an “indict first, investigate second” approach to the case.
The magistrate judge, William Fitzpatrick, repeatedly expressed his frustration — and at times his barely restrained annoyance — with Ms. Halligan during an otherwise procedural hearing in which he ordered the Justice Department to produce records from its investigation. Ms Halligan was hastily installed as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia in September after her predecessor refused to indict Mr. Comey on charges that he lied to Congress.
The flashpoint was the Justice Department’s failure to turn over communications it had seized from a confidant of Mr. Comey’s, Daniel C. Richman, a law professor at Columbia University, as part of an internal investigation of leaks in the Russia case during the first Trump administration. The government claims he served as a conduit between the director and the news media for passing along information about the Trump campaign’s connections to Russia in 2016.
As part of their defense, Mr. Comey’s lawyers have accused the Justice Department of vindictive prosecution and challenged the legality of Ms. Halligan’s appointment. They have argued that they have been unable to adequately defend their client without access to emails and other communications obtained by the government from Mr. Richman’s electronic devices in 2019 and 2020.
The judge grilled one of Ms. Halligan’s deputies, Nathaniel Lemons, over prosecutors’ release of material in recent days, including private text exchanges intended to cast Mr. Richman and Mr. Comey in unflattering light in an otherwise quotidian court filing. He asked whether prosecutors had given Mr. Comey an opportunity to review such material first to challenge their release.
When Mr. Lemons said he had not offered Mr. Comey’s lawyers access to the material, obtained in several search warrants as part of the internal leak investigation, the judge chided him for placing an “unfair” burden on the defense.
“We’re going to fix that and we’re going to fix that today,” said Judge Fitzpatrick, who served as the chief of the financial crimes and public corruption unit in the office Ms. Halligan now leads before his appointment to the bench in 2022.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Judge Berates Justice Dept. in Its Prosecution of Comey – The New York Times
#Berates #Comey #Congress #DepartmentOfJustice #FBI #FormerDirector #JamesComey #Judge #LindseyHalligan #MagistrateJudge #MrComey #Prosecution #TheNewYorkTimes #TrumpEnemy #TrumpProsecution #WilliamFitzpatrick
-
#NeverForget July 1, 2024 when the #GOPmaga #SCOTUS Ruled Against #Democracy #RuleOfLaw (Further Delaying #TrumpProsecution #ElectionInterference) and Crowned A (Ridiculous) King 👑
Make them remember/regret—#VoteOutEveryRepublican #ExpandTheCourt Set #TermLimits—#GeneralStrike the #GOP #Corporate/#RedStates (❌💳📴✈️) every 1st🗓️ , but start on 1/20 #WhiteSupremacist #Misogynist #ChristoFascist Regime #InaugurationDay 👻
-
#NeverForget July 1, 2024 when the #GOPmaga #SCOTUS Ruled Against #Democracy #RuleOfLaw (Further Delaying #TrumpProsecution #ElectionInterference) and Crowned A (Ridiculous) King 👑
Make them remember/regret—#VoteOutEveryRepublican #ExpandTheCourt Set #TermLimits—#GeneralStrike the #GOP #Corporate/#RedStates (❌💳📴✈️) every 1st🗓️ , but start on 1/20 #WhiteSupremacist #Misogynist #ChristoFascist Regime #InaugurationDay 👻
-
CW: USpol; why Jack Smith has apparently "dropped" his cases against Trump
It turns out that by filing his current motion for dismissal "without prejudice", he keeps the door open to have the cases re-opened after Trump leaves office. (Assuming he ever does, of course.)
It's a gambit that's not sure to succeed, but at least it isn't "complying in advance" with authoritarianism.
-
CW: USpol; why Jack Smith has apparently "dropped" his cases against Trump
It turns out that by filing his current motion for dismissal "without prejudice", he keeps the door open to have the cases re-opened after Trump leaves office. (Assuming he ever does, of course.)
It's a gambit that's not sure to succeed, but at least it isn't "complying in advance" with authoritarianism.
-
The US Supreme Court has taken a narrow view of “otherwise obstruct”, throwing into question the prosecutions of 100s of #January6 rioters -- and raising an obstacle to the special prosecutor who charged Trump with obstruction, among other crimes
https://theconversation.com/supreme-court-makes-prosecution-of-trump-on-obstruction-charge-more-difficult-with-ruling-to-narrowly-define-law-used-against-him-and-jan-6-rioters-232685 #USpolitics #TrumpProsecution #News #BreakingNews #SCOTUS
-
The US Supreme Court has taken a narrow view of “otherwise obstruct”, throwing into question the prosecutions of 100s of #January6 rioters -- and raising an obstacle to the special prosecutor who charged Trump with obstruction, among other crimes
https://theconversation.com/supreme-court-makes-prosecution-of-trump-on-obstruction-charge-more-difficult-with-ruling-to-narrowly-define-law-used-against-him-and-jan-6-rioters-232685 #USpolitics #TrumpProsecution #News #BreakingNews #SCOTUS
-
@StephenRamirez “The Justices have been busy revising incomplete ethics forms, flying weird flags, and laboring over patent law …”
Don’t forget accepting ‘gifts’ & enjoying lavish vacations. That sht’s time-consuming. #quotes #quote #immunity #SCOTUS #TrumpCrimes #TrumpProsecution
-
@StephenRamirez “The Justices have been busy revising incomplete ethics forms, flying weird flags, and laboring over patent law …”
Don’t forget accepting ‘gifts’ & enjoying lavish vacations. That sht’s time-consuming. #quotes #quote #immunity #SCOTUS #TrumpCrimes #TrumpProsecution
-
CW: USPol, Trump losing his fraud case
Trump is melting down (more vociferously than usual) right now because he knows he's losing his case. A verdict's coming down soon, that he "committed years of fraud, both overvaluing and undervaluing his properties’ value and inflating his own net worth on financial documents, to get better rates for loans and lower insurance premiums."
If you or I did this, we'd be going to jail.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-civil-fraud-trial-rcna123184 #USPol #Trump #TrumpProsecution #TrumpFraud #LockHimUp
-
CW: USPol, Trump losing his fraud case
Trump is melting down (more vociferously than usual) right now because he knows he's losing his case. A verdict's coming down soon, that he "committed years of fraud, both overvaluing and undervaluing his properties’ value and inflating his own net worth on financial documents, to get better rates for loans and lower insurance premiums."
If you or I did this, we'd be going to jail.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-civil-fraud-trial-rcna123184 #USPol #Trump #TrumpProsecution #TrumpFraud #LockHimUp
-
Republicans demand a ransom: Defund the prosecution of Donald Trump or else
https://www.salon.com/2023/08/30/demand-a-ransom-defund-the-prosecution-of-donald-or-else/
#RepublicansDemandRansom #DefundDonaldProsecution #TrumpProsecution #PoliticalRansom #GOPDemands #SalonNews #Politics #News
-
Republicans demand a ransom: Defund the prosecution of Donald Trump or else
https://www.salon.com/2023/08/30/demand-a-ransom-defund-the-prosecution-of-donald-or-else/
#RepublicansDemandRansom #DefundDonaldProsecution #TrumpProsecution #PoliticalRansom #GOPDemands #SalonNews #Politics #News
-
Mike Pence does not rule out being witness for Trump's prosecution
#MikePenceWitness #TrumpProsecution #ExVicePresidentPence #Prosecution2023 #TrumpTrial #WitnessTestimony #Politics #News
-
Mike Pence does not rule out being witness for Trump's prosecution
#MikePenceWitness #TrumpProsecution #ExVicePresidentPence #Prosecution2023 #TrumpTrial #WitnessTestimony #Politics #News
-
‘It’s Clear He’s Going to Testify’: Pence Has Central Role in Trump’s Prosecution
https://time.com/6301138/mike-pence-testify-trump-indictment/
#Time #MikePenceTestify #TrumpProsecution #CentralRole #Indictment #Pence #Politics #News
-
Why Trump's prosecution for keeping secret documents is lawful, constitutional, precedented, nonpartisan and merited
#TrumpProsecution #SecretDocuments #Lawful #Constitutional #Precedented #Merited #Politics #News
-
January 6 panel urges Trump prosecution
#January6 #TrumpProsecution #CapitolStorming
just.news
just the news you need, in seconds