We have seen this movie before; we can only hope it will end differently this time. Does anyone remember Bill Ayers saying, “Guilty as hell, free as a bird—America is a great country”? Bill Ayers (a good friend of Barack Obama) was a member of the Weatherman, a domestic terrorist group that took credit for 12 bombings between 1970 and 1974 (including a bombing of the United States Capitol). Bill Ayers was not charged with a crime because the FBI’s investigation methods were deemed unconstitutional, which compromised the ability to prosecute him and other members of the Weather Underground.
On Monday, Just The News posted an article about the dismissal of the criminal indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) after finding that the prosecutor who brought the cases was not lawfully appointed. As much as I don’t like the dismissal, I agree with the judge. This was an instance where the Trump administration cut some corners it should not have cut.
I believe James Comey and Letitia James belong in jail. Comey for illegal surveillance of Americans and using the Justice Department for political purposes (although that was not what he was charged with) and James for a mortgage fraud crime that she as an Attorney General sent people to jail for. However, that is not the issue. This case was simply not handled properly. The whole thing was an unnecessary rookie mistake.
The article at Just the News reports:
Comey was charged in September with obstruction of justice and making a false statement to Congress in 2020. He pleaded not guilty to both charges and challenged the legitimacy of the case brought by Halligan.
James was indicted for one count of bank fraud and one count of making a false statement to a financial institution. She pleaded not guilty to the charges.
According to the indictment, James purchased a house in Norfolk, Va., with a loan that prohibited her from using the home as a rental investment property, which prosecutors allege saved her “approximately $18,933 over the life of the loan.”
The statute of limitations has run out on the Comey charges, so they might not be brought up again, but the statute of limitations on the charges against Letitia James has not run out, so she will probably be charged again. Comey will likely get caught up in the Russiagate investigation and may face justice on the charges that result from that investigation.