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(13 Nov 2025)
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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Eric Tucker, The Associated Press:
"I was in court as former FBI Director Jim Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James urged a judge to dismiss the criminal cases against them. Comey returned to court. His family was also there. He did not address the judge or otherwise make any comments. At issue during the arguments were a contention by defense lawyers that Lindsay Halligan, the interim United States attorney who brought the cases against both of these defendants, was appointed illegally. They say that she was improperly installed by the Justice Department and as a result the proper remedy is that the case should be dismissed. The Justice Department disagreed and said at most it's a paperwork error and the remedy should not be a dismissal of the indictment. Now this is part of a multi-prong effort, multi- prong challenge by the defense to get their cases dismissed. They also have contended that the prosecutions were vindictive in nature and should be thrown out as a results as well. U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan-Curry heard arguments for more than an hour on the question of Halligan's appointment, but did not immediately rule. She said she expects to decide the matter by Thanksgiving.”

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2. Still of former FBI Director James Comey speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill, Washington. T(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, ID 19241517807023)

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3. Still of New York Attorney General, Letitia James, speaks after pleading not guilty outside the United States District Court (AP Photo/John Clark, ID 25305051189306)

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4. STILL of Lindsey Halligan, then-special assistant to the president, speaks with a reporter outside of the White House (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, ID 25264063869898)

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5. Various of entrance to U.S. Attorney's office for the Eastern District of Virginia

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6. Attorney Abbe Lowell leaving courthouse
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STORYLINE:
Lawyers for two of President Donald Trump's foes who have been charged by the Justice Department asked a judge on Thursday to dismiss the cases against them, saying the prosecutor who secured the indictments was illegally installed in the role.

U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie said she expects to decide by Thanksgiving on challenges to Lindsey Halligan’s appointment as interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. The cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, both shepherded by the hastily installed Halligan, have amplified concerns the Justice Department is being used as a weapon to target the Republican president's perceived adversaries.

Currie also disclosed in court that a record of grand jury proceedings in the Comey case that she reviewed was missing a portion, which she said raised questions about whether Attorney General Pam Bondi could have properly ratified the indictment as the Justice Department says she did.


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