Comey’s attorney told the judge he has plans to bring 4 separate motions to dismiss the case, on 4 separate grounds.
selective and vindictive prosecution
Lindsey Halligan was not properly appointed as the US attorney, so she has no authority to charge the case.
Abuse of grand jury, i.e. the indictment is invalid because the Halligan violated the very loose rules that exist when presenting the case to the grand jury.
outrageous government conduct. Who knows what that is.
I was surprised he didn’t move to dismiss right there at the arraignment for failure to state an offense.
The prosecutors said they have a bunch of classified evidence they have to sort through. The judge did not like that. There’s no reason for anything to be classified in this case. Comey’s alleged lie was in public to Congress on CSPAN. And he was talking about unclassified stuff.
So this classified documents stuff seems to be a delaying tactic, because these guys have no idea what they’re going to do with discovery. And I’ve heard that eastern district of VA is called the “rocket docket” because the judges like to move fast. They don’t like delays.
Comey’s attorney told the judge he has plans to bring 4 separate motions to dismiss the case, on 4 separate grounds.
I was surprised he didn’t move to dismiss right there at the arraignment for failure to state an offense.
The prosecutors said they have a bunch of classified evidence they have to sort through. The judge did not like that. There’s no reason for anything to be classified in this case. Comey’s alleged lie was in public to Congress on CSPAN. And he was talking about unclassified stuff.
So this classified documents stuff seems to be a delaying tactic, because these guys have no idea what they’re going to do with discovery. And I’ve heard that eastern district of VA is called the “rocket docket” because the judges like to move fast. They don’t like delays.