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Posted on 05/29/2026 6:15:57 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Matthew Petracca, a former Republican county committeeman, was the rookie federal prosecutor who brought the highly criticized case to a federal grand jury.
A rookie federal prosecutor who brought a case accusing former FBI Director James Comey of threatening President Donald Trump’s life by posting a photo of seashells on Instagram has stepped off the case.
Matthew Petracca, who had been recently hired as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of North Carolina, is no longer on the Comey case, according to a court filing.
Petracca also dropped off of other criminal cases in the Eastern District of North Carolina in recent days, according to court filings. Petracca is a former Republican county committeeman in New Jersey whom Eastern District of North Carolina W. Ellis Boyle hired months ago, NBC News has reported. Boyle oversaw the highly criticized case, which will go to trial in October if it manages to survive legal challenges.
Petracca had contemplated leaving the Justice Department altogether, according to two people familiar with the matter, but instead remained a DOJ employee after taking a week off. Petracca had not responded to a previous request for comment on his status at the Justice Department, and did not respond to an additional request for comment on Friday. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy Severo is now heading the Comey case. Petracca did not handle a recent interaction with Comey’s defense team, which instead communicated with First Assistant U.S. Attorney Phil Aubart.
A two-count indictment was brought late last month and suggested that a reasonable person would interpret the image of the shells, arranged to...
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horse head in his bed? photos of him and a women in bed?
democrats play dirty.
“As one of his longest and most vocal critics, I would frankly prefer to crawl into one of Comey’s conversant shells than write this column,” wrote scholar Jonathan Turley. “However, here we are. This indictment is unconstitutional and will not likely survive constitutional challenge.”
Choice...quit or Marcy Park...choose wisely...
thats my thinking as well.
The process makes for fun....
Case was stupid to bring anyway
There were better ones and those were ignored
A rookie federal prosecutor was the ‘lead?’
That sounds like it was just theatrics from the beginning.
I think it was on purpose to contaminate them all.
They are also going by what he wrote in his book. It’s not only just a picture.
Could be a case of Jeff Sessions weenie-ing out.
With all the nefarious stuff Comey’s done and this ‘seashell’ case is all he gets charged with? It’s nuts, isn’t it?
It’s as if they wanted to start with a laughingstock case to contaminate the legitimate cases.
Does anyone besides morons work for DOJ?
Comey is the most high profile individual to be indicted by DOJ. Therefore, the prosecutor chosen should be the most experienced, intelligent, dependable person available. By dependable I don't mean partisan, but most dependable in terms of integrity.
Next, Trump should take an hour out of his day to personally vet the person and be convinced of these qualities.
Anything else is just a fraud.
Another offer that can’t be refused
“...Next, Trump should take an hour out of his day to personally vet the person and be convinced of these qualities.
Anything else is just a fraud.”
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Having Trump in direct contact with the trial prosecutor for anything would guarantee that the charges against him would be voided by the court at first hearing. It would also create a professional discipline review by the bar, which would likely pull his ticket.
It’s no different that what’s called “Unlawful Command Influence” in Military Courts.
Good point.
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