The Needle: Judge OK’s Indictment Redos, Thousands Gather to Call for Trump Impeachment, And Pardons Still for Sale

The Appointments Clause Trips Up Trump

A judge rules that a temporary prosecutor lacked the authority to try two of the 47th president’s foes.

US Judge Tosses Case Against Ex-FBI Chief Comey, Rebuking Trump Prosecutor

A U.S. judge on Monday tossed out criminal charges against former FBI Director James Comey based on a procedural error, an extraordinary setback for the Justice Department in a case President Donald Trump called for as part of a campaign against perceived political enemies. U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff in Alexandria, Virginia, determined the indictment brought against Comey in September was invalid because the grand jury that approved …

The Needle: Judge OK’s Indictment Redos, Thousands Gather to Call for Trump Impeachment, And Pardons Still for Sale

Try, try again: Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for D.C. who was once briefly removed as a Fox News host for being too racist, scored a significant victory from a federal judge last week. With the judge’s blessing, if Pirro fails to indict someone in federal court, she can take the case across the street and try to get an indictment in D.C. Superior Court. Minus one point for a system that certainly feels unjust. -1 [Post] Money talks: Blunderi…

DOJ’s own court reporter busts Trump-picked attorney’s timeline on bungled Comey indictment

An email from the government’s own court reporter appears to muddy the Justice Department’s claim that a full grand jury reviewed the final indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, Lawfare’s Roger Parloff reports.The Justice Depart on Thursday did “a complete reversal on its position about whether the full grand jury in the Comey criminal case reviewed the indictment before it was handed up to a federal judge in September,” NBC News report…