Yes, another Comey column, but this one is mostly different. Or rather, the prosecutors are doing things that will work *for* him and not against. Mr. Comey was head of the FBI! He also served two years as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York – the famed ‘Sovereign SDNY. From there he move to main DOJ and served two years as Deputy Attorney General. He certainly knows what he’s doing, and his lawyer (with an impressive legal career of his own) will pick up anything he misses. It was a fantastic move to hire one of the best from the DOJ. They’ve got to be hating life with him in a “different office”. Wonder what they’ll do when he comes back with a verdict of not guilty? Against one of theirs? Could be fun! From Raw Story:
Federal prosecutors concluded a central witness would actually undermine their case against former FBI Director James Comey, according to reporting. Law professor Daniel Richman, who prosecutors allege Comey authorized to leak information to the media, told investigators the former FBI director had instructed him at least twice not to engage with journalists and unequivocally did not authorize him to provide information to a reporter before the 2016 election, according to sources who spoke to ABC News.
And so it starts, with a “no, don’t call him to the stand”. That seems to make a mess of their arguments. Far be it from us to complain. Ace #1 has come out of the sleeve. We would expect there to be a lot more aces still there. Mr. Comey specifically told Professor Richman he could not speak out about what was going on when he was still in office. He could very well be a witness for *Comey’s* side. Oh, yes.`
“According to prosecutors who investigated the circumstances surrounding Comey’s 2020 testimony for two months, using Richman’s testimony to prove that Comey knowingly provided false statements to Congress would result in ‘likely insurmountable problems‘ for the prosecution,” the network reported. Investigators stated their concerns about the case last month in a lengthy memo advocating against criminal charges, according to sources familiar with the document, but President Donald Trump replaced the lead investigator with a loyalist aide, Lindsey Halligan, who quickly presented the case to a grand jury and secured an indictment.
That should read “barely” secured an indictment. Several people on the grand jury said no. That’s likely the short version of the “what the hell were you thinking”? Waiting for news on this is going to drive us all crazy before January 5, 2026, arrives. Remember, this case is going to be quick and dirty. The judge has told them there cannot be delays, so the 5th is when it officially starts, period.
So yeah, crazy, waiting, but in a good way. Too bad we don’t have any other information. We can only guess and hope that Mr. Comey is going to wipe the floor with the prosecution. He will. We don’t know how, yet. Asking for a speedy trial (yes, again) shows confidence. The prosecution should be worried since he is not. Good times!
Remember, Halligan alleges that Comey intentionally misled Congress in 2017 and 2020 when he testified that he’d never authorized anyone to provide information anonymously to reporters, but Richman told investigators last month that he had never served as an anonymous source or acted on Comey’s direction when he led the FBI, and he said Comey told him at least twice specifically not to speak with the press. Investigators who looked at material from Comey’s emails, including messages to Richman, could not find any instance where he approved the anonymous leak of information to a reporter, sources said.
How in the hell did she manage to get him indicted on those charges? We can hope that it comes out at some point. Were they bored with it and said yes to get the prosecution to shut up? Do some of them hate Comey? Personally, I’d love to know. We may never find out. We can hope that if it doesn’t come out during the trial, it will be released after. Again, to be the proverbial fly on the wall in that courtroom….
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“How in the hell did she manage to get him indicted on those charges? We can hope that it comes out at some point. Were they bored with it and said yes to get the prosecution to shut up?”
I think it’s been noted that, during grand jury proceedings, the prosecution isn’t required to present ALL its evidence to the jury. At the same time, most prosecutors aren’t working under direct instructions from a felon to find ANYTHING to satisfy his vindictive nature against all those he views as “enemies.”
What I’d be curious to find out is did Halligan LIE during the grand jury proceedings? Well, beyond whatever she needed to say to appease Drumpf.