Sometimes you win sometimes you win again.

35 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

Not certain but more than likely these cases will be re-filed.

Maybe Bondi will rope in Jeanine Pirro to re-submit the case as she was senate confirmed. Bondi is clearly incompetent. She is between vengeful Trump and a losing case. 

1 hour ago, Des1 said:

Perhaps, but it might also suggest the Judiciary is waking up to the realization they could become irrelevant ( impotent? ) under the the Trump authoritarian rule. What happens if Trump just ignores them, even the Supreme Court. This may sound unlikely but things are moving in that direction, unless the conservative members of the court open their eyes.

Ok, I have to comment to my comment, something I forgot to mention... the notion it was just a "technical error" makes me laugh. It was a flat out attempt by Trump to bypass the rule of law. He tried to see if he could get away with it.

1 minute ago, Des1 said:

Ok, I have to comment to my comment, something I forgot to mention... the notion it was just a "technical error" makes me laugh. It was a flat out attempt by Trump to bypass the rule of law. He tried to see if he could get away with it.

 

The only other thing that crossed my mind was.............was it all arranged to fail in this manner???

 

Red meat thrown to the hard of thinking......"Trump doing what he says he will do"...chasing down Comey et al.....then thwarted again by dastardly left wing judges?????.........all in the knowledge these charges would certainly fail anyway........but he had to be seen to do something.

2 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

The only other thing that crossed my mind was.............was it all arranged to fail in this manner???

 

Red meat thrown to the hard of thinking......"Trump doing what he says he will do"...chasing down Comey et al.....then thwarted again by dastardly left wing judges?????.........all in the knowledge these charges would certainly fail anyway........but he had to be seen to do something.

Not sure where you are going with these "hard of thinking" people. What left thinking judges are out there. lol Just can't follow, sorry. Not meant to trash your post.

1 minute ago, Des1 said:

Not sure where you are going with these "hard of thinking" people. What left thinking judges are out there. lol Just can't follow, sorry. Not meant to trash your post.

 

Sorry.

 

Trump must be seen to attack....it's red meat for his followers.....but he knows the charges will fail.....so he sets up Halligan as the fall person. The administration must have known that Halligan, not having been appointed legally, would result in the case being thrown out.

 

 

2 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

Sorry.

 

Trump must be seen to attack....it's red meat for his followers.....but he knows the charges will fail.....so he sets up Halligan as the fall person. The administration must have known that Halligan, not having been appointed legally, would result in the case being thrown out.

 

 

OK, so it's a fail for Trump? Where does he go from here?

11 minutes ago, Des1 said:

OK, so it's a fail for Trump? Where does he go from here?

 

Statue of limitations has overrun for Comey, I think he will switch his focus to Schiff and anyone else he can lash out at.

 

The "Obama is going to be charged with treason" seems to be going nowhere fast.

 

I think it will all fade away now.......a big fat nothing burger.

10 hours ago, mikeymike100 said:

This was a procedural matter only.

It was — “dismissed without prejudice” literally means the government is legally free to re-file the exact same charges as soon as they fix the technical problem (i.e., put a properly appointed U.S. Attorney in place).

 

I believe they had one.

 

They sacked him when he refused to indict due lack of probable cause or some such. Something to do with ethics or spine or some such guff. Trump then installed his darling Halligan who as I have understood could easily lose her bar license over this.

 

The fish rots from the head down as Gorbachev said.

Leavitt pushes back on Comey, James case dismissals, vows DOJ appeal

 

- 11/24/25 4:07 PM ET -- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday the Department of Justice (DOJ) will appeal a federal judge’s decision to dismiss the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

 

Leavitt pushed back on the ruling from U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie, who said Lindsey Halligan, the U.S. attorney selected by President Trump to prosecute Comey and James, was never eligible to assume the post. 

 

“Lindsey Halligan was legally appointed, and that is the administration’s position,” Leavitt said, asserting that the judge was “trying to shield” Comey and James.

 

While Leavitt argued the judge’s decision on Monday was “unprecedented,” Halligan is the fourth U.S. attorney loyal to Trump to have been found to be unlawfully serving in her post by a judge.

 

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5620848-judge-dismisses-comey-james-cases/

8 hours ago, TooPoopedToPop said:

These two slimebags should be locked up just on general principals.

Laxatives  could help? You that is.

What happens to Halligan?
Despite Currie’s ruling, the administration plans to keep Halligan at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Virginia, Bondi said Monday. The attorney general said her move appointing Halligan as a “special” attorney ensures that other cases in the office won’t be jeopardized even if the appeals court rules against the administration.

 

“We have made Lindsey Halligan a special U.S. Attorney, so she is in court, she can fight in court just like she was,” Bondi said. “Lindsey Halligan is an excellent U.S. attorney. And shame on them for not wanting her in office.”

 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/24/halligan-dismissed-james-comey-cases-00667735

 

AI quickie

 

Special Assistant United States Attorney (SAUSA)

 

Purpose: To help the main U.S. Attorney's office prosecute special cases.
Authority: Has the same power and authority as a regular Assistant U.S. Attorney.
Examples:
Lawyers who assist with complex litigation or specific departmental projects.

 

"Special Attorney" Designation: The Department of Justice later attempted to retroactively appoint Halligan as a "Special Attorney" to save the indictments, but the judge rejected this move, stating that the retroactive designation could not cure the defect of her original unlawful appointment.

 

 

 

Letitia protected by woke judges but karma will catch that evil uppity woman 

 

she goin down

 

to china town

3 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

Not certain but more than likely these cases will be re-filed.

Statute of Limitations?

16 minutes ago, JAG said:

Statute of Limitations?

For James no -- for Comey depends on how it is interpreted that there EVER was a legitimate indictment for Comey as there may be 6 months to RE-file an indictment but not fie a new indictment

 

For James one aspect is there may be problems with the original referral by Pulte to the DoJ which could be based on 'improper' data.

_________________________________

 

The James and Comey opinions both begin with the judge citing how Halligan had “no prior prosecutorial experience.”

 

The judge also dinged Bondi for trying to retroactively give Halligan different status, saying “the Government has identified no authority allowing the Attorney General to reach back in time and rewrite the terms of a past appointment.”

 

And then there is from Animal House (1978)

 

Dean Wormer:  This year is going to be different. This year we are going to grab the bull by the balls and kick those punks off campus.

Greg: What do you intend to do sir? Delta's already on probation.
Dean Wormer: They are?
Greg: Yes, sir.
Dean Wormer: Oh. Then as of this moment, they're on double secret probation!
Greg: Double secret probation, sir?

6 hours ago, EastBayRay said:

Letitia protected by woke judges but karma will catch that evil uppity woman 

 

she goin down

 

to china town

Nothing racist about that post. Uppity? Are you f##king serious?

17 hours ago, cjinchiangrai said:

Not for Comey, the statute of limitations has run out. James, maybe, but Pulte is under investigation for misuse of records and the case is super weak. They should the the opportunity to bail while they can.

Swalwell files suit to block criminal referral on alleged mortgage violations
11/25/25 4:51 PM ET

 

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) has filed a suit against the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), arguing its leader abused his authority in forwarding a criminal referral regarding the lawmaker’s mortgage.  

 

The suit is the first of its kind after FHFA Director Bill Pulte has made four criminal referrals for Democrats alleging they committed some type of mortgage fraud. Swalwell’s suit goes on the offense, asking the courts to force the director to withdraw the referral in arguing the director wrongly obtained the information.

 

“Pulte has abused his position by scouring databases at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — two government-sponsored enterprises — for the private mortgage records of several prominent Democrats. He then used those records to concoct fanciful allegations of mortgage fraud, which he referred to the Department of Justice for prosecution,” Swalwell’s legal team wrote in the suit, calling the lawmaker “one of the president’s most vocal and visible critics in Congress.”

 

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5622573-swalwell-fhfa-pulte-trump-schiff-california/

4 hours ago, retayl said:

Nothing racist about that post. Uppity? Are you f##king serious?

racist?
 

you can google the meaning of uppity if you are unsure as you might be confusing it with another word if English isn’t your strong point 

13 hours ago, JAG said:

Statute of Limitations?

Good point. 

16 hours ago, Will B Good said:

I think it will all fade away now.......a big fat nothing burger.

Except for Halligan who will lose her license for lying to the court and presenting fraudulent indictments.

Grand jury declines to indict NY Attorney General Letitia James, less than two weeks after the first case was dismissed

 

maga latest whining  not winning

2 hours ago, sharot724 said:

Grand jury declines to indict NY Attorney General Letitia James, less than two weeks after the first case was dismissed

 

maga latest whining  not winning

So....not everyone is equal under the law? Nice to all be in agreement finally after many years of false and silly leftie assertions to the contrary.

 

9 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

So....not everyone is equal under the law? Nice to all be in agreement finally after many years of false and silly leftie assertions to the contrary.

 

Lol, DoJ doesn't manage to get an indictment, clearly nothing illegal happened.

Agree though, not everyone is equal under the law, see all courtcases against trump going nowhere. Difference is, he's guilty.

On 11/25/2025 at 10:56 AM, JonnyF said:

Playing for time. 

 

They will refile and Letitia (certainly) and Comey (likely) gonna get it. 

 

They can run, but they can't hide. 

Actually, as the failure of the new grand jury to re-indict James shows, why run when the prosecution can do nothing but fall flat on its face.

 

According to one of Comey's motions, Ms. Halligan told the grand jury 2 things: First that there was additional evidence against Mr. Comey for the charges sought not presented to the grand jury and that Mr. Comey would have to appear as his own witness at trial.

 

That is mostly moot now except that, not having the 2 instances as above, was among the reasons the current grand jury likely said NIX.

2 hours ago, jerrymahoney said:

That is mostly moot now except that, not having the 2 instances as above, was among the reasons the current grand jury likely said NIX.

Meaning the James grand jury.