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A federal judge threw out the criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James yesterday, concluding that the prosecutor handling the cases was unlawfully appointed.

Lindsey Halligan, whom Trump named the interim US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia in September, had “no lawful authority to present the indictment” against the former FBI director and the New York attorney general, judge Cameron McGowan Currie wrote in her opinion.

The decision is a major win for Comey, who was charged with lying to Congress five years ago, and James, who was charged with mortgage fraud. Both unequivocally deny wrongdoing and said the cases were a thinly veiled effort by the Trump administration to punish them for opposing the president.

What did the judge say? “I conclud

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