US Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick, in a 24-page opinion, said the record showed a “disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps” and raised the prospect of government misconduct that warranted an “extraordinary remedy,” according to CBS news. Fitzpatrick said prosecutors and at least one FBI agent displayed a “cavalier” attitude toward the legal rights of Comey and others and criticised Trump-appointed prosecutor Lindsey Halligan for what he called “fundamental misstatements of the law” to the grand jury, The Washington Post reported. Fitzpatrick ordered disclosure of the full grand jury transcripts and audio recordings to Comey’s defence team, saying that, while grand jury material is normally secret, the exceptional concerns in this case justified disclosure. Late o

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