Is James Comey About To Walk Free? Not So Fast

There was some chatter Wednesday afternoon after a hearing on Comey’s latest attempt to wriggle off the hook — this time by claiming “vindictive prosecution.” During the proceeding, U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff of the Eastern District of Virginia reportedly pressed DOJ attorneys about an apparent discrepancy between the indictment form shown to the grand jury and the version ultimately filed with the court:

The Justice Department acknowledged Wednesday that the grand jury that indicted former FBI Director James Comey was never shown the final version of the charges.

Prosecutors revealed the lapse under questioning by the judge overseeing the case. Comey’s attorneys argued the omission warrants dismissing the indictment. The judge did not immediately rule.

In a back-and-forth in Judge Michael Nachmanoff’s courtroom in the Eastern District of Virginia on Wednesday, DOJ attorney Tyler Lemons admitted that the indictment handed up on Comey was never fully reviewed by the full grand jury. Instead, Halligan brought an altered version to the magistrate’s courtroom for the grand jury’s foreperson to sign.

Naturally, this led the ‘mainstream media’ to produce some rather ominous headlines and stories:

Trump’s DOJ Admits Comey Grand Jury Never Saw Final Indictment
Comey case hanging by a thread as judge squeezes DOJ over Halligan’s handling

And that development came right on the heels of a Monday ruling by Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick, who ordered the DOJ to hand over grand jury materials to Comey’s defense team — something that almost never happens under normal circumstances.

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