PBP: Free Jim Comey! Free Tish James!

Fingers crossed!

 

There is an interesting tie-in between Comey, James, and Abrego Garcia. I forget the specifics, but it has something to do with discovery and how the government got their information to make their decision. Mind, all three are related in that they are all looking at a vindictive prosecution claim (Abrego Garcia is not there, yet) and will all be using each other's arguments/rulings as there is not much case law on vindictive prosecutions.

Edit: came from the Lawfare Daily discussion on Oct 10. The relevant part of the discussion starts around 1h 20m, give or take.

 

And in a did-you-see-that-coming moment, Halligan trying to claim Fitzgerald can't represent Comey, because reasons...

Lindsey Halligan claims Comey used his attorney Patrick Fitzgerald in past to disclose "classified" info. Says he may have a disqualifying conflict of interest. Wants quick review of evidence from search of an unknown atty to help "inform" that decision.​

Who are those "several attorneys" you ask? So does everybody else.

And you can read all 4 pages of the motion.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459121/54/united-states-v-comey/

 

Comey/Fitgerald respond.

James Comey responds to Lindsey Halligan's claim that his counsel, Patrick Fitzgerald, ever "improperly disclosed classified material." Says the claim is "provably false" and an "effort to defame" Fitzgerald.​

Gotta say, this is drama/hilarity though court motions.

 

Trump, et al, claim what they know.

 

For those interested, Lawfare with Anna Bower is on live. Looks like it started at 8pm EST.



Anna Bower had a signal chat with Halligan. Apparently this was an on the record conversation, and then Halligan said "nope, off the record" right before this was published:
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna--lindsey-halligan-here

It was 1:20 p.m. on the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 11. I was lounging in my pajamas, idly scrolling through Netflix, having spent the morning reading news stories, occasionally tweeting, and watching TV. It was a rare day off.

Then my phone lit up with a notification. I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

Lindsey Halligan—the top prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia—was texting me. As it turned out, she was texting me about a criminal case she is pursuing against one of the president’s perceived political enemies: New York Attorney General Letitia James.

So began my two-day text correspondence with the woman President Donald Trump had installed, in no small part, to bring the very prosecution she was now discussing with me by text message.​

Edit - the conversation is only 30 minutes.

 

I watched most of the video, but have read only part of the article so far. As you watch the video, read the chat along with it - read like it was us on P&CE commenting.

What I found most interesting is that Halligan knows Anna Bower, but doesn't know Anna Bower. Halligan knows her enough to know she is a legal journalist, but not enough to know how thorough she is on her journalism.

 

Anna is slightly better looking than me.

Yeah, I watched the video. It's quite a wacky story but typical of these morons as Jitty notes in his comment. And now the inevitable and pathetic attempt at damage control is just as bizarre.

 

My guess is that there are very few career DOJ folks left to offer such advice, and the few remaining are probably just keeping their heads down keeping the lights on hoping to wait out this shit show.

Or are you implying there are actually Trumpy advisors who could help her not be a moron? I'm skeptical of that.

 

I'd hit up yoss, too. But I'd try to distract him with Arsenal v. Tottenham stuff.