The U.S. magistrate who demanded that the DOJ hand over "all" James Comey grand jury materials for the jurist to review in private has come away from that in-chambers inspection believing that an FBI agent witness and President Donald Trump's former defense attorney turned brand new prosecutor may have compromised the case before the grand jury.

U.S. Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick, who had already dinged U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi's DOJ for an " indict first investigate later " attitude, just one week ago ordered the government to provide grand jury transcripts and audio, plus years-old "Arctic Haze" leak probe evidence , so he could weigh whether there was merit to Comey's arguments in favor of overriding grand jury secrecy.

Comey's defense had claimed that some "misconduct"

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