Trump mocked for failed ‘revenge tour’

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00:00Trump mocked for failed revenge tour.

00:03The Wall Street Journal issued a sharply critical editorial after two high-profile cases brought

00:08by President Donald Trump's Department of Justice, targeting former FBI Director James

00:13Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, were thrown out in court.

00:19In an editorial titled The Gang That Couldn't Indite Straight, the Journal argued that the

00:23dismissals represented a significant setback for Trump's efforts to prosecute political

00:27adversaries.

00:29According to the paper, President Trump's lawfare revenge tour has gone bust, following

00:34a judge's ruling that federal prosecutor Lindsey Halligan wasn't properly appointed as a federal

00:39prosecutor and had no authority to indict.

00:42In its rush for retribution, the Trump administration cut corners, the editorial said, emphasizing

00:48that the legal defeat stemmed from fundamental errors in Halligan's appointment under federal

00:52vacancy rules.

00:54The paper noted the judge's finding that the law was designed for a temporary fill-in, not

00:59Senate circumvention, adding that Halligan has been unlawfully serving, and her efforts

01:04to indict Comey and James amounted to unlawful exercises of executive power.

01:09The editorial concluded with a warning about the consequences of such missteps.

01:14This is what happens when officials don't follow legal procedure.

01:19Trump was so eager to indict his enemies and Attorney General Pam Bondi was so quick to go along that it all

01:25unraveled at the pull of one legal thread, the paper said.

01:28It also suggested the administration could attempt to refile the charges, though the statute of

01:34limitations may have expired in Mr. Comey's case, before cautioning that if Trump tried again,

01:39he might end up with cases that are two-time legal losers.

01:43I still think the bottom-line problem with the case is that the charge itself is incoherent,

01:48and I think they may lose on the face of the indictment, McCarthy told Fox viewers.