James was wrong in 2018 (I think that was the year) to run on "getting Donald Trump" one way or the other. And Donald Trump's weaponization of the DOJ is also wrong. Can someone explain how he doesn't see his "I am your retribution" comment (can't remember the occasion) as also wrong. What happened to "two wrongs don't make a right"? And by the way, the sheer number of retaliatory actions brought by Trump to dozens of people certainly dwarf the number he complains about receiving. I keep thinking of his actions as unprecedented but at some point I will have to learn to drop the "un" because everything now is precedented. What is our country going to look like in 3 more years? I have said this before and I am sure I will say it again - I agree with so many of his policies but I abhor so much of what he has done.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-told-supporters-retribution-now-im-indicted/story?id=100386551
I am no fan of James at all, and I think some of the prosecutions against Trump were over the top or unnecessary (not all of them), but I have said over and over, if you say vengeance, especially under dubious legal validity, is okay when you are in power, see what happens when you are out of power.
KDON9307
What goes around comes around.
Jacob Rhoda
Oh the irony.
MinnieKins
I've said this before, and I'll say it again: whether a legal challenge is politically motivated and whether the accused is actually guilty are two different things, and I'm not pretending to know the answer to either.
Yes, you are right. I was thinking that if you replaced her name with our current president in this indictment, the response is identical. Both claim their indictments were politically motivated.
Ask Erik Siebert, who Trump pushed out of the way:
"Lindsey Halligan, a White House aide, was sworn in on Monday as the interim US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia after Donald Trump removed her predecessor who declined to bring charges against James Comey, the former FBI director, and Letitia James, the New York attorney general.
The appointment of Halligan, who has no prosecutorial experience and was the most junior lawyer on Trump’s personal legal team, alarmed current and former prosecutors about political pressure to indict the president’s political enemies regardless of the strength of the evidence.
For months, federal prosecutors investigated whether there was sufficient evidence to act on referrals by Trump officials at other agencies against Comey, for lying to Congress about matters related to the 2016 election, and against James, for mortgage fraud over a house she bought her niece.
The prosecutors ultimately concluded that there was insufficient evidence to bring charges against either Comey or James, leading Trump to issue a series of extraordinary social media posts over the weekend demanding that the justice department seek criminal charges regardless.
Halligan was sworn in shortly after noon by Pam Bondi, the attorney general, at justice department headquarters, replacing Erik Siebert, who had declined to bring the prosecutions. Interim US attorneys can only serve for 120 days but Trump is expected to submit her nomination to the Senate for a full term.
Halligan’s lack of prosecutorial experience was notable given the US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia occupies one of the most sensitive posts at the justice department and oversees around 300 lawyers and staff. With the Pentagon and the CIA nearby, the office also handles sensitive national security cases."
One difference. When you have the statue of limitations and the present prosecutor doesn't have the goods to prosecute, you fire them and hire someone at the last minute to do his bidding for Comey and James:
"Just five days before the indictment, with a five-year deadline for bringing charges approaching, Trump posted on social media that Comey was "guilty as hell" and delay was not an option.
That post, Trump's last-minute installation of an aide with no prosecutorial experience, Lindsey Halligan, who quickly sought charges against Comey, and his history of threatening political opponents with prosecution have fueled fears that the Justice Department's independence from a vengeful White House is hastily eroding."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/01/justice-department-independence-james-comey-donald-trump/86056671007/
James was wrong in 2018 (I think that was the year) to run on "getting Donald Trump" one way or the other. And Donald Trump's weaponization of the DOJ is also wrong. Can someone explain how he doesn't see his "I am your retribution" comment (can't remember the occasion) as also wrong. What happened to "two wrongs don't make a right"? And by the way, the sheer number of retaliatory actions brought by Trump to dozens of people certainly dwarf the number he complains about receiving. I keep thinking of his actions as unprecedented but at some point I will have to learn to drop the "un" because everything now is precedented. What is our country going to look like in 3 more years? I have said this before and I am sure I will say it again - I agree with so many of his policies but I abhor so much of what he has done.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-told-supporters-retribution-now-im-indicted/story?id=100386551
I am no fan of James at all, and I think some of the prosecutions against Trump were over the top or unnecessary (not all of them), but I have said over and over, if you say vengeance, especially under dubious legal validity, is okay when you are in power, see what happens when you are out of power.
What goes around comes around.
Oh the irony.
I've said this before, and I'll say it again: whether a legal challenge is politically motivated and whether the accused is actually guilty are two different things, and I'm not pretending to know the answer to either.
Yes, you are right. I was thinking that if you replaced her name with our current president in this indictment, the response is identical. Both claim their indictments were politically motivated.
Ask Erik Siebert, who Trump pushed out of the way:
"Lindsey Halligan, a White House aide, was sworn in on Monday as the interim US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia after Donald Trump removed her predecessor who declined to bring charges against James Comey, the former FBI director, and Letitia James, the New York attorney general.
The appointment of Halligan, who has no prosecutorial experience and was the most junior lawyer on Trump’s personal legal team, alarmed current and former prosecutors about political pressure to indict the president’s political enemies regardless of the strength of the evidence.
For months, federal prosecutors investigated whether there was sufficient evidence to act on referrals by Trump officials at other agencies against Comey, for lying to Congress about matters related to the 2016 election, and against James, for mortgage fraud over a house she bought her niece.
The prosecutors ultimately concluded that there was insufficient evidence to bring charges against either Comey or James, leading Trump to issue a series of extraordinary social media posts over the weekend demanding that the justice department seek criminal charges regardless.
Halligan was sworn in shortly after noon by Pam Bondi, the attorney general, at justice department headquarters, replacing Erik Siebert, who had declined to bring the prosecutions. Interim US attorneys can only serve for 120 days but Trump is expected to submit her nomination to the Senate for a full term.
Halligan’s lack of prosecutorial experience was notable given the US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia occupies one of the most sensitive posts at the justice department and oversees around 300 lawyers and staff. With the Pentagon and the CIA nearby, the office also handles sensitive national security cases."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/22/white-house-aide-erik-siebert-office
One difference. When you have the statue of limitations and the present prosecutor doesn't have the goods to prosecute, you fire them and hire someone at the last minute to do his bidding for Comey and James:
"Just five days before the indictment, with a five-year deadline for bringing charges approaching, Trump posted on social media that Comey was "guilty as hell" and delay was not an option.
That post, Trump's last-minute installation of an aide with no prosecutorial experience, Lindsey Halligan, who quickly sought charges against Comey, and his history of threatening political opponents with prosecution have fueled fears that the Justice Department's independence from a vengeful White House is hastily eroding."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/01/justice-department-independence-james-comey-donald-trump/86056671007/