Nachmanoff then spent almost 15 years in the Office of the Federal Public Defender.
That means his legal mentality has been entirely warped in the direction of defending criminals, who are almost always guilty.
IF IF IF that is true, Trump will grab a hold of that like a dog with bone.
I think John Roberts will EVEN pass word down that such a conflict will make the ENTIRE judicial branch look worse than it already does.
I am 99.9% certain this is FAKE NEWS:
1. Claim: “But the plot thickens. Nachmanoff was given his first job out of law school working for the eastern district of Virginia by James Comey in 1995-1996.” In fact, Comey was a partner in a private law firm in 1995, and therefore, he had nothing to do with the hiring of Nachmanoff, who served as a law clerk to Judge Leonie Brinkema in 1995 - 1996. Note that Brinkema at the time was (and still is) a judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia — Alexandria Division.
Although Comey returned to public service as the Managing Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia in 1996 (a year after Nachmanoff was hired as a law clerk), Comey worked out of the Richmond Division — not the Alexandria Division where Nachmanoff was a law clerk.
MOST SIGNIFICANTLY, the U.S. Attorneys Office has absolutely nothing to do with the hiring of judicial law clerks, who are vetted and hired by the federal judge for whom they work.
2. Claim: Nachmanoff was hired “by James Comey once again in 2002 after working in a private practice didn’t work out well for him.” In fact, Nackmanoff served in the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Eastern District of Virginia from 2002 to 2015. At the time that Nachmanoff joined the public defenders office in 2002, Comey was the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York — not the Eastern District of Virginia — where he served from January 2002 through December 2003.
MOST SIGNIFICANTLY, the U.S. Attorney’s office has absolutely nothing to do with the vetting or hiring of federal public defenders. They are vetted and hired by the Chief Federal Public Defender, who is appointed by the United States Court of Appeals for the circuit in which the chief public defender is assigned.
Also, there is absolutely no evidence that he left private practice for the public defenders office because private practice “didn’t work out for him well.” People change jobs all the time. Lawyers are no different.