The attorney handling the case was not lawfully appointed, the judge ruled.

The attorney handling the case was not lawfully appointed, the judge ruled.

Judge says interim US attorney for eastern district of Virginia had ‘no lawful authority’ to indict former FBI director and New York attorney general

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…

The orders make Lindsey Halligan the latest Trump administration prosecutor to be disqualified because of the manner in which they were appointed.

U.S. Judge dismisses criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James, citing illegal prosecutor appointment by Trump administration.

A judge ordered that charges against Trump targets, James Comey and Letitia James, be dismissed because the prosecutor was unlawfully appointed.

The court found that lawyer Lindsey Halligan had been illegally appointed to her role as acting US attorney under Trump.

The attorney handling the cases was not lawfully appointed, the judge ruled.

A federal judge threw out criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for the prosecution of Comey and James, declaring them "guilty as hell".

Lindsey Halligan, who Trump named the interim US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia in September, had 'no lawful authority to present the indictment' against the former…

Federal judge calls justice department’s actions ‘unlawful exercises of executive power’ because prosecutor was unlawfully appointed