Trump DOJ called out for ‘humiliating defeat’

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00:00Trump Department of Justice called out for humiliating defeat.

00:04A federal judge has dismissed indictments against former FBI Director James Comey

00:09and New York Attorney General Letitia James,

00:11delivering what one former prosecutor called a humiliating defeat

00:15for President Donald Trump's Justice Department.

00:18The ruling came after Judge Cameron McGowan.

00:21Curry found that Trump's hand-picked prosecutor, Lindsay Halligan,

00:24was unlawfully appointed as interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.

00:30On CNN's Inside Politics, former D.C. prosecutor Elise Adamson

00:34criticized the Trump DOJ for multiple procedural missteps.

00:39She called the case a choose-your-own-adventure of procedural errors.

00:43Adamson said the case was practically doomed from the start.

00:46This was a huge one.

00:48Halligan being appointed after the 120 days of the interim appointment

00:52had been exceeded was a huge problem, she explained.

00:55And so now, these indictments can't stand.

00:57Halligan indicted Comey on two charges,

01:01making false statements to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding.

01:05She also brought charges against James for bank fraud

01:08and false statements tied to her 2020 home purchase.

01:12Judge Curry ruled that

01:13all actions flowing from Ms. Halligan's defective appointment

01:16were unlawful exercises of executive power

01:19and are hereby set aside,

01:22resulting in the dismissal of both Comey's and James' indictments.

01:25Adamson noted similar procedural disputes

01:28in Trump's classified documents case

01:30where he pleaded not guilty to 40 counts.

01:33That lawsuit was ultimately dismissed.

01:36Usually, DOJ follows proper process and procedure, Adamson said.

01:40And now we see what happens

01:41when the DOJ attempts to do an end run around those procedures.

01:45The cases have now been dismissed

01:47and probably delivered a humiliating defeat

01:49to the Trump administration.