Grand Jury Transcripts Show The Case Against Comey Is Not Going Well

Here we have a little bit more to show Mr. Comey the people working to jail him have no idea what they are doing. The transcripts are showing this is not even close to a slam dunk that the opposition was trying to get against him. And in an actual court case? Ha. No. So sorry (Not). From Raw Story:

Grand jury transcripts have been made available from the Justice Department’s case against former FBI Director James Comey, and MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin noted that just 60% of grand jurors in Virginia agreed to indict him — a far cry from the unanimous number they’ll need to secure a conviction. Of the 23 people on the grand jury, just 14 agreed to indict. Twelve were needed to proceed with the case.

Only 14, huh. This should not bring the prosecutor warm, fuzzy feelings of success. Oh, no, quite the opposite. She used to handle insurance issues. That in no way prepares her for a *criminal* case. She’s already annoyed the judge with two sets of indictment papers. “I didn’t sign two sets.” “Oh yes, you did!” Fail. Why did Trump think Lindsey Halligan could do this? Well, because he told her she would. Good grief.

It’s an issue that journalist James Surowiecki also addressed in response to Rubin’s note. “In a grand jury proceeding, the prosecution gets to present its case with no opportunity for the prospective defendant to offer any counterargument. And the grand jury still rejected one of the three counts, and voted only 14-9 to indict on the other two. Sign of a v. weak case,” he wrote on X.

Ouch. That doesn’t even resemble good. It is bad. It wasn’t unanimous. That would be strike two with her conversation with the judge as strike one. Note something else the above quote said. Threw out one of the counts. The grand jury threw out one of the counts. This case is going wrong right from the start.

Others noted that the low number of those willing to indict could speak to a rough future for the case. “This case won’t even make it to a jury. Rule 29 permits judge to grant motion to acquit for lack of evidence,” commented University of Michigan Law School professor Barbara McQuade. //// Journalist, author and columnist for the Georgia Recorder, Jay Booman, wrote, “So a bare majority of the grand jury was willing to indict Comey, after hearing nothing from the defendant or from his defense counsel. A far cry from the unanimous vote that would be needed to convict. That validates the argument of career prosecutors that it’s a bad case.”

Savage. There is no mercy, just comment after comment showing how wrong this is. It’s destined to fail. Add in James Comey has a *fantastic* lawyer – that happens to be part of the DoJ. There is a chance that he may be kicked out. On the other hand, if he’s working with and for Comey, that says a lot about the case. After all, Mr. Comey was head of the FBI for a while. He absolutely knows what he’s doing. This whole case is a mess. What will be the next stupid thing?

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