Bondi reacts after Dem judge tosses cases against Comey and James, confirms appeal

Attorney General Pam Bondi has responded to U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie throwing out two high-profile cases.

Currie claimed that Lindsey Halligan, the prosecutor overseeing the cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, had not been properly and lawfully appointed. The issue arose after Comey’s defense team argued that Halligan’s appointment to U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia was not valid and thus, she could not legally prosecute the case. The judge agreed, and now Bondi is vowing an appeal.

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“We’ll be taking all available legal action, including an immediate appeal, to hold Letitia James and James Comey accountable for their unlawful conduct,” she told reporters at a “Safe Task Force” event in Memphis.

“I’m not worried about someone who has been charged with a very serious crime,” she added. “His alleged actions were a betrayal of public trust.”

James was indicted on counts of mortgage and bank fraud for allegedly misrepresenting how she would use a secondary residence in order to receive a more favorable loan agreement. Comey, on the other hand, was indicted for allegedly “making false statements to Congress and obstructing a congressional inquiry” from his 2018 Crossfire Hurricane investigation testimony.

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Bondi also defended Halligan’s credentials and appointment on the cases.

“We have made Lindsay Halligan a special US attorney so she is in court, she can fight in court just like she was, and we believe we will be successful on appeal. And I’ll tell you, Lindsay Halligan, I talked to all of our US attorneys, the majority of them around the country, and Lindsay Halligan is an excellent US attorney. And shame on them for not wanting her in office. Thank you,” Bondi said.

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