Overview
- On Nov. 24, the Eastern District of Virginia dismissed indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James after finding the special prosecutor’s appointment unlawful.
- Lindsey Harrigan, a former personal lawyer to President Trump with no prior prosecutorial experience, was deemed to lack authority to bring the cases.
- Earlier prosecutors had declined to charge, and they were replaced before Harrigan filed the perjury-related case against Comey and the fraud case against Letitia James.
- Defense teams argued the prosecutions were retaliatory, while the court’s decision centered on appointment and authority rather than the underlying allegations.
- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Justice Department will promptly appeal the district court’s ruling.