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DOJ sees fallout after push to prosecute former FBI director James Comey
Washington Post via MSN ^ | May 9, 2026 | Perry Stein

Posted on 05/09/2026 9:23:12 AM PDT by libstripper

More than a half-dozen prosecutors have been demoted or pushed out of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia due to fallout from the Justice Department’s push to prosecute former FBI director James B. Comey, leaving a key prosecutorial office understaffed and weakened.

Others prosecutors have voluntarily decamped or scrambled to find new jobs, fearful they could be asked to work on cases that violate their principles, according to 10 current and former prosecutors familiar with the office and the case. Major cases, including one involving a terrorist attack in Afghanistan, have been hobbled by the turmoil.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: comey; doj; prosecution

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GO trump, GO!! Really cleaning house now.
1 posted on 05/09/2026 9:23:12 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: libstripper

MORE!


2 posted on 05/09/2026 9:25:00 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: libstripper

fearful they could be asked to work on cases that violate their principles


These are the same people that want to force health care workers to provide and participate in abortion despite that horrid procedure violating their principles...


3 posted on 05/09/2026 9:25:39 AM PDT by God luvs America
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To: libstripper

“fearful they could be asked to work on cases that violate their principles”

The jokes write themselves...


4 posted on 05/09/2026 9:25:49 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (There is no gravity. The earth just sucks. )
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To: libstripper

“Others prosecutors have voluntarily decamped or scrambled to find new jobs, fearful they could be” NELD TO ACCOUNT!


5 posted on 05/09/2026 9:26:09 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ( )
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To: libstripper

“ prosecutors have voluntarily decamped or scrambled to find new jobs, fearful they could be asked to work on cases that violate their principles”

I needed a laugh this morning, thanks.


6 posted on 05/09/2026 9:26:35 AM PDT by stanne
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To: libstripper

The charge is easily made to look silly, trivial, and vindictive. The perjury charges for the FISA warrants would focus upon what the creep really did.


7 posted on 05/09/2026 9:26:59 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: stanne

Hahaha, it is one of the better spin efforts I’ve read lately.


8 posted on 05/09/2026 9:27:21 AM PDT by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: stanne

What “principles”?


9 posted on 05/09/2026 9:28:08 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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“What “principles”?”

Covering up for criminals, I should think.


10 posted on 05/09/2026 9:29:56 AM PDT by stanne
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To: libstripper

Self-Deportation.


11 posted on 05/09/2026 9:32:15 AM PDT by rhinohunter (I don’t know if God is a Republican, but I am metaphysically certain that satan is a democrat)
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To: libstripper

The Post loves that little shit.


12 posted on 05/09/2026 9:34:15 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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“Violate their principles?”

What “principles” are they talking about?

The principles of a salamander, maybe.


13 posted on 05/09/2026 9:37:31 AM PDT by alloysteel (The body may betray or fail. The spirit shall endure and prevail. Courage, courage.)
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“prosecutors have voluntarily decamped or scrambled to find new jobs,
fearful they could be asked to work on cases that violate their principles”


Sounds like it came from a Bob Hope monologue.


14 posted on 05/09/2026 9:39:12 AM PDT by Liz (Jonathan Swift: Govrnment without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery .)
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To: libstripper

LOL - the woke mouthpiece of the Deep State gives us an opinion!


15 posted on 05/09/2026 9:42:33 AM PDT by PGR88
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“Violate their principles?”

“Violate their alleged principles”

16 posted on 05/09/2026 9:45:38 AM PDT by rx
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Yep, prosecutors can be the most crooked of them all, especially when trying to protect themselves from activities tied to their master, James Comey.


17 posted on 05/09/2026 9:51:01 AM PDT by Racketeer
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To: libstripper

Bye. Bye.


18 posted on 05/09/2026 9:52:09 AM PDT by vaskypilot
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BFD ... unless directly elected by the public, all other prosecutors work for a boss, and the only “principles” that matter are the boss’ principles ... period ... employees don’t get to deploy their “principles” when they work for someone else ... if they don’t like what they’re instructed to do, then they either can quit or get fired ... period ... at least that’s how it always worked at the companies i worked for ...


19 posted on 05/09/2026 9:52:36 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: libstripper

Smooth work in identifying those slowing the agenda and removing them without firing.
Self-deport of sorts.


20 posted on 05/09/2026 9:54:57 AM PDT by chiller ( Davy Crockett said:"Be sure you're right, then go ahead." I'll go ahead.)
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