On Monday, a U.S. judge in Alexandria, Virginia, dismissed all criminal charges against former FBI Director James Comey, marking a significant setback for the Justice Department and President Donald Trump, who had advocated for the prosecution.

U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff found the indictment invalid due to a procedural error: the grand jury that approved charges against Comey never saw the final version of the indictment document.

The big picture: The ruling was a sharp rebuke for Lindsey Halligan, Trump’s interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, who led the investigation despite lacking prosecutorial experience and having previously served as Trump’s personal lawyer. • Halligan appeared before the grand jury alone, unable to find career prosecutors willi

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