Comey to be Indicted

[SaintsInDome2006 686]

>>Lawyers for James Comey are in court on Wednesday as part of the former FBI director's case against the Justice Department. Comey claims he's being selectively prosecuted as part of a revenge effort by President Donald Trump. 

CNN's crime and justice correspondent Katelyn Polantz revealed one "startling discussion" in court during which "things got very intense very quickly."

One of the revelations was that the full grand jury never saw the final indictment of Comey before U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan announced it.

"I mean, this is a big revelation, Katelyn. Have you ever heard of this happening before?" host Pamela Brown asked. 

Polantz said she's been in a lot of these DOJ hearings, and this one was "gobsmacking."

"It was absolute silence," she said. "You could see the entire room shift. And from that point on this was the only thing mattering in this case. This was the only thing the judge and others were talking about."

"In full, they had voted down indicting Comey because they had been asked to approve three different charges against him. That indictment was a no from the grand jury. And then there was no further discussion with the prosecutors to bring about the indictment Comey now faces," she explained. 

The judge then began asking questions about the missing pieces of the grand jury testimony. The transcript had chunks missing, even in the judge's copy and he wanted to know why.

"The judge asked the question: 'The operative indictment in this case, that document was never shown to the entire grand jury?'" she cited. 

Tyler Lemons, the prosecutor at the table with Halligan said, "no."

Another thing Polantz found surprising is how much the argument went back to Halligan.

"Is she a puppet? Is she a stalking horse of Donald Trump [...] sent in to bring this case?" the judge asked at one point.

"And the prosecutors kept saying, 'No, she was making decisions on her own,'" Polantz explained, describing Halligan as nodding vigorously in agreement.

Once it became known that the full grand jury didn't see the indictment, it was about a different matter entirely, and Halligan became very "short" with the judge, Polantz said.<<

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[Ron_Artest 2,285]

This is what happens when no one will take the case so you appoint an insurance lawyer to do it.

[Mike Honcho 5,474]

35 minutes ago, SaintsInDome2006 said:

>>Lawyers for James Comey are in court on Wednesday as part of the former FBI director's case against the Justice Department. Comey claims he's being selectively prosecuted as part of a revenge effort by President Donald Trump. 

CNN's crime and justice correspondent Katelyn Polantz revealed one "startling discussion" in court during which "things got very intense very quickly."

One of the revelations was that the full grand jury never saw the final indictment of Comey before U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan announced it.

"I mean, this is a big revelation, Katelyn. Have you ever heard of this happening before?" host Pamela Brown asked. 

Polantz said she's been in a lot of these DOJ hearings, and this one was "gobsmacking."

"It was absolute silence," she said. "You could see the entire room shift. And from that point on this was the only thing mattering in this case. This was the only thing the judge and others were talking about."

"In full, they had voted down indicting Comey because they had been asked to approve three different charges against him. That indictment was a no from the grand jury. And then there was no further discussion with the prosecutors to bring about the indictment Comey now faces," she explained. 

The judge then began asking questions about the missing pieces of the grand jury testimony. The transcript had chunks missing, even in the judge's copy and he wanted to know why.

"The judge asked the question: 'The operative indictment in this case, that document was never shown to the entire grand jury?'" she cited. 

Tyler Lemons, the prosecutor at the table with Halligan said, "no."

Another thing Polantz found surprising is how much the argument went back to Halligan.

"Is she a puppet? Is she a stalking horse of Donald Trump [...] sent in to bring this case?" the judge asked at one point.

"And the prosecutors kept saying, 'No, she was making decisions on her own,'" Polantz explained, describing Halligan as nodding vigorously in agreement.

Once it became known that the full grand jury didn't see the indictment, it was about a different matter entirely, and Halligan became very "short" with the judge, Polantz said.<<

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That this isn't the biggest news item in the country with 24/7 coverage goes to show how far this country has fallen. What's really crazy is a big reason why it's not the biggest story is that this administration has multiple scandals that are just as big. 

[SaintsInDome2006 686]

>>Judge Nachmanoff seemed stunned by the events, and asked Ms. Halligan to stand up in court to answer questions. He asked her whether the entire grand jury had the opportunity to see the second indictment.

She told him it had not. He thanked her and told her to sit down.<<

- NYT

[SaintsInDome2006 686]

>>In the end, Mr. Lemons, appearing unnerved under questioning, confessed that the prosecutors who had previously handled the case had indeed written a draft of a memo declining prosecution.<<
 

- NYT

[SaintsInDome2006 686]

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The most surprising development might have been the government’s admission, first delivered by Mr. Lemons, that Ms. Halligan had never showed the revised indictment in the case — the one that was ultimately used to charge Mr. Comey — to all of the grand jurors. Grand jurors have to vote on indictments to approve them, but Mr. Lemons told Judge Nachmanoff that only the foreperson formally approved the second charging document, a move that could in theory cripple the case.

When Ms. Halligan first went into the grand jury, she had initially sought a three-count indictment against Mr. Comey. And after the grand jurors rejected one of the charges, she did not re-present the case with only two counts, but simply had the original indictment redrafted to reflect the failure of a third.<<

- NYT

[SaintsInDome2006 686]

>>The spectacle, which played out over nearly 90 minutes of tense courtroom colloquy, drove home just how slapdash the prosecution of Mr. Comey appeared to have been from its inception. Judge Nachmanoff declined to issue a ruling from the bench on Mr. Comey’s claims that the case was brought vindictively. But he appeared to be leaning in that direction. Given the other revelations of the day, he could now have more reasons to throw out the charges.<<

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[Mike Honcho 5,474]

This story is insane. 

The DOJ lying to the courts and the general response is 

[Ron_Artest 2,285]

The ultimate clown show.  Jesus.

[Fnord 2,555]

14 hours ago, Mike Honcho said:

This story is insane. 

The DOJ lying to the courts and the general response is 

FLOOD THE ZONE

[Mike Honcho 5,474]

So messed up, the jury voted against the indictment, Halligan makes up new one and the GJ never saw it.