A federal magistrate judge in Virginia accused the Justice Department of indicting former FBI Director James Comey before investigating his alleged wrongdoing.
Nov. 5 A federal magistrate judge in Virginia on Wednesday accused the Justice Department of indicting former FBI Director James Comey before investigating his alleged wrongdoing.
Eastern Virginia District U.S. Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick called the way in which the DOJ proceeded with the prosecution of Comey « highly unusual » while presiding over a motions hearing Wednesday at the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Va., Politico reported.
« We’re in a bit of a feeling of indict first, investigate second », Fitzpatrick said during the hearing, as reported by ABC News.
Fitzpatrick questioned the DOJ’s handling of items seized while enforcing four search warrants in 2019 and 2020 as it investigated Comey’s and the FBI’s investigation of alleged Russian collusion in 2016.
