On November 24, 2025, a federal judge quietly tossed the criminal indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, citing a fatal legal defect in the prosecutor’s appointment that rendered her actions unlawful. Patriots who have watched these politically charged prosecutions unfold saw what many feared: the system collapsing on a procedural technicality that exposes how politicized justice has become.
Judge Cameron McGowan Currie concluded that the attorney general’s authority to name an interim U.S. attorney had expired after a single 120-day period under Section 546, and that the subsequent appointment of Lindsey Halligan was therefore invalid. That ruling isn’t a liberal or conservative talking point — it’s a straight reading of the statute that means the grand jury work propped up by Halligan must be thrown out.
Lindsey Halligan, who had been rushed into the role after her predecessor left amid pressure, became the face of a rushed and politically motivated effort to prosecute high-profile Trump critics. Critics across the spectrum have noted her lack of traditional prosecutorial experience and the appearance that she was installed to pursue political enemies rather than to seek impartial justice.
The dismissal was entered without prejudice, meaning recharging could be possible in theory, but the practical reality is grim for prosecutors — especially in Comey’s case where statutes of limitations loom large and some claims may be untimely to revive. The Justice Department is reportedly weighing its appeal options, but this episode will stand as a major embarrassment for anyone who thought raw political targeting would cleanly survive a court challenge.
Remember how the previous acting U.S. attorney, Erik Siebert, was effectively forced out after he expressed doubts about moving forward with the case against Letitia James? That sequence — the quiet ouster followed by a hand-picked successor — smells of raw political maneuvering and should alarm every American who believes the law should be blind. This fiasco proves the danger when personnel games are used to weaponize the Justice Department.
Conservatives should not cheer solely because high-profile targets escaped prosecution; we should be demanding reforms that prevent future abuses. Congress must tighten vacancy rules, insist on real Senate confirmations, and restore common-sense norms so neither party can turn the Justice Department into a political cudgel. The rule of law demands impartiality, not clever paperwork and political theater.
In the end, this ruling hands a momentary victory to those who have been targeted, but it exposes a rot that goes deeper than any single indictment: a Washington that will always try to protect its own unless citizens and elected leaders insist on accountability and a return to principle. Hardworking Americans deserve a judiciary and a justice system that puts law above politics, and it’s on us to make sure this never becomes the new normal.
