Donald Trump is already freaking out over his inability to rig his upcoming lawsuit against former FBI chief James Comey after a Biden-era judge was appointed to oversee the case. U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff, first appointed in 2021, was randomly assigned to the Comey case. The lawsuit, which has been referred to as “among the worst abuses in DOJ history,” is already seen as a severe test of the American justice system and the president’s ability to weaponize the legal system to exact revenge on his adversaries.
This judge better prepare for death threats.
Can you believe the hate coming from the office of the president. This is just hateful evil shit nonstop.
But in a telling slip, Trump referred to the appointment of Nachmanoff as a “good start” for Comey during an early-morning rant on Truth Social. “There is no way he can explain his way out of it,” Trump wrote of the charges against Comey. “He is a Dirty Cop, and always has been, but he was just assigned a Crooked Joe Biden-appointed Judge, so he’s off to a very good start.” In addition to revealing his true thoughts about the case, Trump’s inability to stop himself from providing live commentary may ultimately sink it. Trump’s complaints about the “unfairness” of the selection process could help defense lawyers argue the case is not about Comey lying to Congress, but about Trump using the legal system to settle old scores.
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Trump’s DOJ Pick Humiliated After Embarrassing James Comey Spelling Error [archive link]
However, the quote attributed to Halligan, who has taken on the new role with no previous prosecutorial experience, contains a major spelling error.
“The balance of power is a bedrock principal of our democracy,” it reads, rather than “principle.”
Well we got no class! And we got no principals!
And she ain’t 35, gtfo.
Mar-a-Lago face aside, all that sneering can’t be good for one’s complexion.
I’m sure she’s in the sun a lot but that’s a 50-year old elbow. Ironically I don’t think she’s had any surgery yet. I assume with all the Trump Barbies it’s a requirement at some point.
Could what Trump wrote - with no punctuation - be construed as him calling a judge crooked?
I’m not too concerned. I just wanna see slander lawsuits.
An indictment is not a “lawsuit;” those are civil. What Trump is doing to Comey is a criminal prosecution.
He’s already lining up to an appeal at the surpreme court, using the fact that it is a biden era judge as an excuse.
What am I missing? Why are they referring to the criminal indictment of Comey as a lawsuit?
Because it is? Criminal suits are also lawsuits. The indictment is the first step in that process. Even in cases where there is no clear individual plantiff, the governing body (city, state, or nation) fills that role.
All cases are brought before and served by a judge, and in this case there would be no jury, just a review, on legal precident, whether the charges put forth by the indictment are accurate or relevant to the legal code’s stated therein.
Essentially, this is a lawsuit, just one based on precedent, which really is vibe-based and heavily depends on the judge assigned to the case. When there is no precedent or the legal justification is vague, a jury is also assigned.
This must be the first time I’ve seen a criminal case referred to this way. Thanks for the explanation.
To be clear, an indictment is a document that kicks of the lawsuit process: “I acuse you of breaking X laws because I can present Y evidence to a judge proving you did that. Therefore, I sue you. Signed, law firm.”
It’s not commonly referred to that way though. If you’re on trial for murder you’re not referred to as “facing a lawsuit”, you’re referred to as on trial for murder! Comey’s on trial for a thing at least half of trump’s cabinet and all his SCROTUS picks are guilty guilty guilty of.
