Comey Wins Access to Grand Jury Records
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A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to turn over all grand jury materials to lawyers for James Comey while criticizing President Trump's appointed prosecutor, Lindsey Halligan, for her handling of the case.
Fitzpatrick, the magistrate judge, ordered prosecutors to turn over grand jury materials and recordings to Comey this afternoon. The Justice Department just filed an emergency motion to stay that order so that it can appeal the decision to the district court judge who is overseeing the case.
A federal judge is prepared to hear arguments Thursday on whether Lindsey Halligan should be removed from the Comey and James cases.
A legal watchdog group is pushing the state bars of Florida and Virginia to investigate Lindsey Halligan, a Trump appointee who's leading the prosecutions of James Comey and Letitia James.