Pam Bondi says she will ‘take all available legal action’ after cases dismissed against ex-FBI director and New York attorney general

Good morning, and welcome to our live coverage of US politics. A US judge has dismissed criminal charges against former FBI director James Comey and New York attorney general Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor handling the cases was unlawfully appointed.

District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie ruled that Lindsey Halligan, the Trump-installed prosecutor who secured the indictment against two of the president’s most noted adversaries, was illegally appointed to her position as US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia.

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