A court hearing on Wednesday revealed a significant procedural lapse in the case against former FBI director James Comey, with Justice Department lawyers admitting that the full.
A court hearing on Wednesday revealed a significant procedural lapse in the case against former FBI director James Comey, with Justice Department lawyers admitting that the full grand jury never reviewed the final indictment. The reports that the «remarkable admission» came as US District Judge Michael Nachmanoff pressed prosecutors about an apparent missing portion of the grand jury transcript and raised questions about the legitimacy of the charges. Originally, the grand jury rejected a three-count indictment, after which prosecutors removed the rejected count and had only the foreperson and a deputy foreperson sign the revised indictment.
The revised indictment was never presented to the full grand jury, which Comey’s lawyer Michael Dreeben argued means «there is no indictment Mr.
