Clinton Judge Just Shielded Comey and James From Justice on a Laughable Technicality

President Donald Trump promised to restore equal justice and hold corrupt officials accountable.

But a Clinton-appointed judge just threw up a roadblock.

And a Clinton judge just shielded Comey and James from justice on a laughable technicality.

Attorney General Pam Bondi stood defiant in Memphis after U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie — a Bill Clinton appointee — dismissed criminal cases against two of Trump's most notorious enemies on what amounts to a paperwork excuse.

Former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James both faced serious criminal charges.¹

Judge Currie didn't rule they were innocent.

She claimed the prosecutor who brought the cases, Lindsey Halligan, was "improperly appointed" — a technical procedural argument that lets two alleged criminals walk free.²

Deep State Protects Its Own With Judicial Activism

Look, here's what really happened.

Trump appointed Erik Siebert as interim U.S. Attorney for Virginia's Eastern District in January.³

After 120 days, federal law says either the Senate confirms a permanent prosecutor or district judges pick who serves next.

But Siebert wouldn't bring cases against Comey and James despite Trump's directive to pursue justice.⁴

So Trump replaced him with Halligan in September — someone who would actually do the job.⁵

Within days, Halligan secured indictments against both Comey and James.⁶

Comey got charged with lying to Congress about leaking classified information to reporters.⁷

James got hit with bank fraud for lying on a mortgage application to save $19,000.⁸

Career prosecutors in Halligan's own office had recommended against charging either one because they claimed there wasn't enough evidence.⁹

That's the same excuse the Deep State always uses to protect their allies.

But Halligan looked at the evidence and saw criminal conduct that demanded prosecution.

Judge Uses Appointment Technicality to Derail Justice

Judge Currie ruled that after Siebert's 120 days expired in May, only district judges could appoint the next interim prosecutor — not Attorney General Bondi.¹⁰

"It would mean the Government could send any private citizen off the street — attorney or not — into the grand jury room to secure an indictment so long as the Attorney General gives her approval after the fact," Currie wrote.¹¹

That's absurd.

Halligan is a licensed attorney who served as Trump's personal lawyer and worked in the White House.¹²

She's more than qualified.

This is a Clinton judge manufacturing a procedural excuse to protect a former FBI Director who spent years trying to destroy Trump and a New York Attorney General who weaponized her office against the President.

Bondi even tried to fix the supposed problem by formally designating Halligan as a "special attorney" with authority to prosecute these cases.¹³

Judge Currie rejected that too, claiming Bondi couldn't "reach back in time and rewrite the terms of a past appointment."¹⁴

It's a catch-22 designed to let Comey and James escape accountability.

Trump's Enemies Celebrate While Justice Gets Blocked

Comey immediately took to social media to gloat.

"This case mattered to me personally, obviously, but it matters most because a message has to be sent that the president of the United States cannot use the Department of Justice to target his political enemies," Comey declared.¹⁵

Wait — Comey is lecturing anyone about weaponizing the Justice Department?

This is the same man who launched an investigation into Trump based on the fake Steele dossier.

The same FBI Director who leaked classified memos to trigger the Mueller witch hunt.

And now he's playing the victim because Trump's Justice Department finally held him accountable for lying to Congress.

James celebrated her escape from justice too, calling the charges "baseless" despite prosecutors having evidence she committed mortgage fraud.¹⁶

Even some Trump allies piled on.

Former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb told MSNBC that Bondi and Halligan should be disbarred.¹⁷

That's exactly the kind of surrender mentality that let the Deep State run wild for decades.

Bondi Vows to Keep Fighting Despite Judicial Obstruction

Attorney General Bondi isn't backing down.

"We'll be taking all available legal action, including an immediate appeal, to hold Letitia James and James Comey accountable for their unlawful conduct," Bondi announced in Memphis.¹⁸

"Lindsay Halligan is an excellent U.S. attorney and shame on them for not wanting her in office," Bondi added.¹⁹

The cases were dismissed "without prejudice" — meaning they can be refiled with a properly appointed prosecutor.²⁰

But there's a problem with Comey's case.

The statute of limitations expired in September, and Judge Currie's ruling suggests prosecutors can't bring new charges.²¹

That was the whole point.

Siebert dragged his feet for months refusing to prosecute until the clock nearly ran out.

Then when Halligan finally brought charges just before the deadline, a Clinton judge threw out the case on a technicality.

The system protected James Comey exactly the way it was designed to.

This is the fourth Trump interim U.S. Attorney that federal judges have disqualified — including prosecutors in New Jersey, California, and Nevada.²²

It's not a coincidence.

It's a coordinated effort by the federal judiciary to obstruct Trump's agenda and protect the swamp.

A magistrate judge already found "a disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps" in how Halligan's office handled the Comey case.²³

The grand jury transcripts had unexplained gaps and problems.²⁴

But those issues didn't matter to Judge Currie.

She could have let the case proceed and let those problems get sorted out at trial.

Instead, she used the appointment issue to dismiss everything and give Comey and James a get-out-of-jail-free card.

Look, nobody's saying Halligan ran a perfect prosecution.

She had no prior experience as a prosecutor and was handling two of the most politically sensitive cases in the country.

There were bound to be mistakes.

But the solution should be fixing those mistakes — not letting two alleged criminals walk free because you don't like how the prosecutor got her job.

This ruling is judicial activism at its worst.

And it sends a clear message: the rules are different for Trump's enemies than they are for everyone else.

Bondi and Trump aren't giving up.

They'll appeal this ruling and find another way to hold Comey and James accountable.

Because equal justice under law means nobody gets a pass just because a friendly judge wants to protect them.

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¹ Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, "United States v. James B. Comey," U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, November 24, 2025.

² Ibid.

³ Dareh Gregorian and Gary Grumbach, "Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding prosecutor was unlawfully appointed," NBC News, November 24, 2025.

⁴ Ibid.

⁵ Ibid.

⁶ Ibid.

⁷ Ibid.

⁸ "Bondi vows appeal after Comey, James indictments dismissed by judge," Fox News, November 24, 2025.

⁹ Dareh Gregorian and Gary Grumbach, "Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding prosecutor was unlawfully appointed," NBC News, November 24, 2025.

¹⁰ Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, "United States v. James B. Comey," U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, November 24, 2025.

¹¹ "Judge tosses indictments against James Comey and Letitia James," ABC News, November 24, 2025.

¹² Dareh Gregorian and Gary Grumbach, "Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding prosecutor was unlawfully appointed," NBC News, November 24, 2025.

¹³ "'Trump Will Let Them Fall': Pam Bondi Finally Crosses That Line Doing Trump's Bidding," Atlanta Black Star, November 24, 2025.

¹⁴ Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, "United States v. James B. Comey," U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, November 24, 2025.

¹⁵ James Comey, statement on Instagram, November 24, 2025.

¹⁶ "Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding prosecutor was unlawfully appointed," NBC News, November 24, 2025.

¹⁷ "'Trump Will Let Them Fall': Pam Bondi Finally Crosses That Line Doing Trump's Bidding," Atlanta Black Star, November 24, 2025.

¹⁸ Pam Bondi, statement to reporters, Memphis, Tennessee, November 24, 2025.

¹⁹ "Bondi defends U.S. attorney at center of Comey, James case dismissals, vows to appeal," Axios, November 25, 2025.

²⁰ Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, "United States v. James B. Comey," U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, November 24, 2025.

²¹ Ibid.

²² "Takeaways from Lindsey Halligan's disqualification and dismissal of the James Comey and Letitia James cases," CNN Politics, November 24, 2025.

²³ Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick, "United States v. James B. Comey," U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, November 17, 2025.

²⁴ Ibid.