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Dec 16, 2025

Explosive Comey Case Twist: Judge Declares Misconduct, Setting Up High-Stakes Showdown with Major Implications.

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A federal judge on Monday temporarily halted a magistrate’s explosive order that had directed the Justice Department to hand over grand jury materials to former FBI Director James Comey, marking a brief reprieve for U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan as questions swirl over the government’s handling of the case.

The pause came just hours after Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick ruled that Halligan — a Trump-appointed prosecutor with little prior criminal experience — may have tainted the case through “profound investigative missteps” that undermined the integrity of the grand jury proceedings.

In his ruling from Alexandria, Virginia, Fitzpatrick said the record “points to a disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps” that included errors by both prosecutors and an FBI agent.

“These missteps led an FBI agent and a prosecutor to potentially undermine the integrity of the grand jury proceeding,” the judge wrote.

Fitzpatrick ordered the government to turn over the full set of grand jury transcripts, as well as related recordings, to Comey’s defense attorneys — calling it an “extraordinary remedy” but necessary under “unique circumstances.” He also scolded prosecutors for pursuing what he called a “slapdash indictment,” accusing the DOJ of choosing to “indict first, investigate second.”

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