Here we have some additional information about the Comey case. Even if you’re tired of it, seriously, this is too good not to show. So far, it’s been news about how much this is going wrong. There’s a *lot* of it. We find that the case gets more and more precarious every day, and that’s what we have been showing our readers. Once it starts not being in the news because there’s nothing more to say, we’ll certainly calm down. This case was doomed from the beginning. From Raw Story (yes, again, they’re being good to me):
How Lindsey Halligan managed to get it past a grand jury, we’ll likely never know. Will they be able to talk to the press now, or do they have to be silent so it won’t prejudice the case? Who knows, and we wish we did. It would be super interesting to talk with someone who approved it and someone who didn’t. Personally, I’d love to know!
Former FBI Director James Comey appeared in an Alexandria, Virginia, court on Wednesday along with President Donald Trump’s new prosecutor for the Eastern District of Virginia. One of the details revealed by legal experts and reporters who were in the courtroom is that the U.S. attorney’s team was woefully unprepared. U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan was forced to bring in outside counsel because none of the prosecutors in her district were willing to sign on to the case. Those lawyers confessed to the judge on Wednesday that they wouldn’t mind delaying the trial until July because they were brand new to the case and didn’t have all of the information necessary.
Ahhhahahahahahaha. Outside counsel. Brand new to the case. Don’t have all the information. Busted! This answers a question from earlier this week. Lindsey’s staff refused to help, just as we thought would happen. They knew this was a bullshizzle case. They knew it was retribution. They knew this was stupid and ridiculous, just as this writer thought they might.
We really need to hear from members of the grand jury on it – we really do. Or this writer needs to do, but is located in the wrong state, so that would be pretty tough. Then there’s trying to find them, etc, etc. So the answer is already no. Booo. We just have to hope they decide to talk to the press at some point, possibly after the case is done. Since a speedy trial was requested, that’s when we (hopefully) hear about the grand jury decision. Let’s get some more information.
“What I think is equally interesting is these AUSAs (assistant US attorneys) going in and telling the judge, ‘we don’t have all the details. We’re new to this,” said Christopher O’Leary, a national security and intelligence analyst for MSNBC, who was previously an FBI counterterrorism senior executive and a director of hostage recovery. “Right!” exclaimed host Ana Cabrera.
That’s a damn good resume to be talking about this. Christopher knows about this sort of thing, having been a member of the FBI. We can listen to and be guided by him with no qualms. My goodness, what a background. How Ana was able to find him, we may also never know. Still, she found him, someone who is knowledgeable, who can give us another side to the story. Here’s more for you.
“Having been in court and worked with tons of AUSAs over the years, I’ve never heard of that or seen it. Probably not what a judge wants to hear,” said O’Leary, noting that he put it in the category of a previously jaw-dropping experience. “I arrested a bank robber when I was a very young agent, and the defense said that my client was drunk when he robbed the bank, so, you know, he shouldn’t be held, you know, culpable. My mouth — my jaw dropped. But this is really just about as impressive as that was. I just have never seen that before,” O’Leary said.
Well, it seems this is new and different. Telling the judge you are not prepared? Surprising that he didn’t just throw out the case. Wouldn’t that have been great? We can be fairly sure the judge knows this is bogus, but has to go through the motions. Since they somehow managed to indict him, it must follow the path, even though it’s a nonsensical case. The judge may fall asleep on this one. They would certainly deserve to! It’s just amazing how people can find the smallest thing to build a case on. Then it wastes everyone’s time. Talk about boring!
So here you have some additional information you didn’t have before. We can expect more of these coming out from people who are interviewed in some form or fashion. It’s been fun so far, except for how the grand jury felt. We know it wasn’t unanimous. That’s not a good start for Lindsay. At least we know some people know this is dumb, just because of that. What’s going to happen next? More people speaking out? It would be helpful to find out how they managed to obtain an indictment. Knowledgeable discussion, like this one? Many people think this is nonsense. So we shall see. Waiting for the next bombshell to drop!
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