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On November 24, 2025 a federal judge tossed the criminal cases against former FBI director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, ruling the prosecutor who brought those charges was illegally appointed and therefore had no authority to sign indictments. The dramatic rebuke landed hard: the cases were dismissed on procedural grounds, not on a finding that the charges themselves were meritless, and the ruling exposed a chaotic scramble inside the Justice Department that ordinary Americans should find disturbing.
U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie concluded Lindsey Halligan’s appointment as interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia violated federal law, removing the legal foundation for the indictments she filed. Halligan — a political appointee with no prior prosecutorial track record — had been rushed into the role after the previous interim U.S. attorney was pushed out, raising obvious red flags about whether justice was being administered or weaponized.
Even beyond the appointment problem, the government’s handling of the Comey indictment was riddled with procedural flaws that undermined confidence in the prosecution. Prosecutors conceded the full grand jury never reviewed the final indictment in Comey’s case, a basic legal requirement, and other judges flagged troubling gaps in grand jury transcripts and handling. These are not technicalities to shrug off; they go to the heart of due process and the rule of law that protect every American.
Harvard law scholar Alan Dershowitz, appearing on Newsmax’s The Record with Greta Van Susteren, warned that a dismissal on procedural grounds doesn’t automatically exonerate the targets — but he also underscored how dangerously political these prosecutions became. Conservatives should welcome any ruling that defends proper legal process, even while remaining skeptical about partisan theatrics in our courts; respect for procedure protects both the innocent and the accused.
Let’s be blunt: whether you cheered or jeered the indictments, the spectacle we witnessed proves the swamp is alive in both directions — and the people who suffered were the American public, whose trust in justice is being shredded. The Halligan episode shows how power can be used to bend the system for political ends, and then, predictably, the same partisan lawyers scramble to paper over the mess when the legal roof caves in.
Monday’s ruling dismissed the cases without prejudice, meaning the Justice Department could try again, but practical obstacles like statutes of limitations and the public embarrassment of these procedural failings will make that harder. Patriots who believe in accountability and in the impartial enforcement of law should demand reforms now: stop politicizing U.S. attorney appointments, restore career prosecutors’ authority, and require transparency when the Department of Justice takes on political figures. Americans deserve a justice system that works for them — not a tool for the powerful.
