What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[The Minsky Moment]

Comey prosecution is already falling apart.

The sole witness to testify at that the grand jury was an FBI agent who had reviewed improperly obtained privilege communications; the prosecution relied on documents obtained from a search warrant in an investigation that closed in 2021 without seeking a new warrant and used materials that were well beyond the scope of the original warrant.

The court has also found that the prosecutors* made material mis-statements of the law to the grand jury, including statements prejudicial to Comey's constitutional rights.

Conclusion is that there are multiple reasonable grounds to dismiss the indictment; Comey team will be granted access to grand jury materials to pursue those motions.


*This was a mistake.  Only one prosecutor presented - Halligan.  Not surprisingly, she didn't have a clue about what she was doing and botched the job.

[Razgovory]

Why was there a search warrant against Comey prior to 2021?

[The Minsky Moment]

Why was there a search warrant against Comey prior to 2021?

Because this entire case is about a statement Comey made in 2017. 
To get around the 5-year statute of limitations, they based the case on another statement in 2020 where he said he "stands by" the 2017 statement.

The warrant wasn't against Comey himself. It was issued against a friend of Comey who was also his attorney - and the warrant was issued and the search conducted in 2019 and 2020.

Why was this not addressed in Trump's first administration?  It was. An IG was appointed and issued a detailed report exonerating Comey and the matter was then dropped.

[Razgovory]

I don't which case is shakier, the one against Comey or the ones against James.

[The Minsky Moment]

I don't which case is shakier, the one against Comey or the ones against James.

It's becoming a real race - both cases are being handled by Halligan personally as the purported US Attorney.

Right now the Comey case is in the lead because after the judge found such egregious conduct that he ordered production of the entire grand jury record while noting on the record multiple "reasonable grounds" for dismissal, he expressed dismay today upon learning that the indictment on which the case is currently proceeding was never actually presented to the grand jury or signed by them.  That case already looks to be one of the greatest clusterfucks in the history of American federal criminal prosecution even as it is only in the most preliminary stages.

But don't count the James case out - the defense is now contending that 100 pages was deliberately excised out the report of the FHFA Inspector General who reviewed the case; if you are keeping score, this is the same IG recently fired presumably because his report exonerates James. The James defense is also seeking grand jury material in light of what appears to be more impropriety and/or epic level incompetence by Halligan.  So while the Comey case appears to be a slightly more massive shit show as of this afternoon, the James case is just getting underway and there is plenty more manure to uncover.