As the defense for former FBI Director James Comey alleged in open court Wednesday that his prosecution was vindictively and selectively brought, and that the circumstances surrounding Lindsey Halligan's appointment as interim U.S. attorney were the case-in-point, the judge asked a simple question of Comey's attorney — specifically, whether he was saying that Halligan was a "stalking horse" or a "puppet."

In the aftermath, Halligan and the DOJ transformed U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff's question into an affirmative statement that she was, in fact, a "puppet" doing President Donald Trump's bidding.

It wasn't a good day in court for the DOJ, as Halligan's brief testimony only raised more questions about the validity of the Sept. 25 obstruction and false statement indictment, hande

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