No Kings – the judicial push back against Trump’s Orange Fascism

The humiliation of this is incredible…

Federal judge dismisses indictments against Letitia James and James Comey, saying Lindsey Halligan appointment was unlawful

A federal judge dismissed the indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday.

The judge found that President Donald Trump’s appointment of interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan in Alexandria, Virginia, was invalid.

Trump handpicked Halligan for the role amid increasing pressure to bring criminal cases against his political enemies, including Comey and James.

“The Attorney General’s attempt to install Ms. Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia was invalid,” Judge Cameron McGowan Currie wrote in her Monday order.

According to Currie, “all actions flowing from Ms. Halligan’s defective appointment” including the indictments against Comey and James “were unlawful exercises of executive power and are hereby set aside.”

…Trump’s ridiculous decision to appoint one of his former attorneys to weaponise the Justice Department to lead attacks on his political enemies was always an insane decision…

Halligan, who does not have any prosecutorial experience, is licensed to practice law in Florida and handled insurance claims when she joined Trump’s legal team amid the probe by the Justice Department into Trump’s handling of classified material after leaving office following his first term.

…her acknowledgement that she hadn’t even presented all the charges to the grand jury was honestly Kafkaesque.

The Western System is built upon certain values; the separation of powers, the independence of the judiciary, due process – these fundamental principles have been fought for since the Magna Carta.

Trump can’t override the law simply because he’s throwing a tantrum!

He is NOT a champion for the working classes!

Every passing week he shows himself top be more of a fascist.

I told you this is what he was,  and he continues to prove it.

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