The New York City Bar Association issued a stark repudiation of the U.S. Justice Department indictment of former FBI Director James Comey last week in a statement warning the prosecution is flouting the rule of law.

“The indictment of former FBI Director James Comey is the latest—and most troubling—action by a Justice Department increasingly wielded as the personal instrument of the President of the United States,” the bar association wrote in a public statement issued September 29.“The circumstances surrounding this indictment reflect a profound betrayal of the American principle of prosecutorial independence and discretion.”

With the statement, coming after the indictment was announced on Sept. 25, the local bar association joins other national associations that have characterized the

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