A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James after ruling that the prosecutor who charged them was unlawfully appointed. U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie found that Lindsey Halligan, tapped by the Trump administration to lead the Eastern District of Virginia, was installed after the attorney general’s legal authority to appoint an interim U.S. attorney had expired. The judge said all actions stemming from Halligan’s “defective appointment,” including the indictments, were invalid. The dismissal does not address the underlying allegations—Comey faced false-statement and obstruction charges, while James was accused of mortgage fraud—but it halts both cases without prejudice. The Justice Departme

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