Federal judge calls Comey indictment into question, asks if Halligan is a 'puppet' for Trump
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Federal judge questions DOJ's handling of grand jury indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, raising concerns about prosecutorial procedures.
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Nachmanoff directed Halligan, who had no prior prosecutorial experience before Trump installed her to lead the Eastern District of Virginia in September, to come to the stand. Halligan confirmed that she presented a prior indictment that showed three charges to the grand jury and that the jurors rejected one of the charges.
Tyler Lemons, the North Carolina-based federal prosecutor who argued on behalf of the DOJ, downplayed the issue. Lemons said the indictments were identical and that the second one was created as soon as the grand jury proceedings concluded and merely excised the one charge that the grand jury rejected.
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