A federal judge in eastern Virginia on Monday dismissed criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, ruling that Lindsey Halligan, the interim U.S. attorney who brought both indictments, was invalidly appointed.

Senior U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie ruled in both cases that Halligan, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, had been installed as interim federal prosecutor in violation of the Appointments Clause of the Constitution.

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