James Comey, left, and Letitia James. Getty Images/AP

A federal judge on Monday dismissed the prosecutions that President Donald Trump orchestrated against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James – a major early setback to his retribution campaign against his political foes.

US District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie ruled that the cases were invalid because the prosecutor who brought the charges, interim US attorney Lindsey Halligan, had been unlawfully appointed.

The rulings bolster criticisms of how hastily the prosecutions were brought.

Halligan was installed and brought the cases after Trump forced out the existing US attorney who resisted bringing the cases and pleaded with Attorney General Pam Bondi to make them happen.

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