A federal judge dismissed the government’s case against former FBI director James Comey after finding the sole prosecutor was not lawfully serving in her role.

Judge Cameron McGowan Currie ruled that Interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Lindsey Halligan was “unlawfully appointed” by President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi. She said that Halligan “had no lawful authority” to bring charges against Comey. Futhermore, Currie said that Halligan’s assignment amounted to a political appointment with the goal of prosecuting Comey.

“It would mean the government could send any private citizen off the street — attorney or not — into the grand jury room to secure an indictment so long as the attorney general gives her approval after the fact,” Currie wrote. “That

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