ust over a month ago, Trump U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan obtained an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey in the Alexandria Division of the Eastern District of Virginia. This area is far more Democrat than Republican, and the grand jurors, who refused to indict Comey for perjury, were not a rubber stamp.
Comey faces charges of making false statements and obstructing Congress. Comey has moved to dismiss the indictment, arguing that Halligan’s appointment is unlawful. He also wants the indictment dismissed on the grounds of vindictive prosecution. According to Comey, he is only facing charges because of President Trump’s anti-Comey animus. Comey portrays himself as a noble former public servant who was merely expressing his First Amendment rights.
Comey’s motion to dismiss gave Halligan the opening to make public the overwhelming evidence of guilt against him. She did so through her response, filing exhibits containing handwritten notes that Comey had written to himself and his dear friend, Professor Daniel Richman of Columbia Law School, then a special government employee. Halligan also produced emails from Comey’s Gmail account that used the alias Reinhold Niebuhr.
Most crucially, Comey’s written statements make clear that he was collaborating with Richman to leak stories to New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt. The exhibits even reveal Richman’s pseudonym, Michael Garcia. Comey had denied this conduct in sworn testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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