Posted on 11/06/2025 12:40:34 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
A federal magistrate judge on Wednesday sharply questioned the Justice Department's handling of evidence in its criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey, describing prosecutors' conduct as "highly unusual" and indicative of a rushed effort to indict Comey while potentially violating his constitutional rights.
"We're in a bit of a feeling of indict first, investigate second," Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick said in a motions hearing in Alexandria, Virginia.
The hearing stemmed from a dispute raised by Comey's attorneys over evidence the government obtained through four separate search warrants in 2019 and 2020 targeting the devices and communications of Daniel Richman, a Columbia law professor and associate of Comey's who he previously used as an intermediary to speak to the media.
Comey pleaded not guilty on Oct. 8 to one count of false statements and one count of obstruction of a congressional proceeding related to his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2020, amid what critics call President Donald Trump's campaign of retribution against his perceived political foes. Vice President JD Vance has said any such prosecutions are "driven by law and not by politics."
Trump's handpicked U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Lindsey Halligan, sought the indictment of Comey over the...
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And why did not ONE federal judge say the same of any of Trumps cases?
Hey, come on Judge, RATS never investigate. They believe that evidence is secondary to the seriousness of the charges.
Maybe the judge should say that to Jack Smith about his indictments of Trump.
On May 9, 2022, William E. Fitzpatrick was sworn in as a Magistrate Judge in the Alexandria division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Let’s see: who was the chief judge for the Eastern District of Virginia on May 9, 2022? A Smirking Chimp “judge”.
Yeah he's probably innocent.
I always have to remember abc paid Trump 16 million dollars to go away and not push his liabel case them.
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