A federal judge sharply criticized the Justice Department’s handling of its criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey on Wednesday, saying it appeared prosecutors had decided to “indict first” and “investigate later.”

According to the Associated Press, U.S. Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick repeatedly pressed Trump-appointed prosecutor Lindsey Halligan over her failure to share key evidence with Comey’s defense team. During a hearing in Alexandria, Virginia, Fitzpatrick ordered Halligan to hand over the records by Thursday evening, calling the government’s conduct “unfair” to the defense.

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