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malaise

(289,849 posts)
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 08:46 PM Wednesday

Holy Shit - the Comey indictment is invalid

and the statute of limitations ran out at midnight yesterday.
https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/re-was-lindsey-halligan-validly-appointed-as-united-states-attorney/

1. There are two general authorities for filling a U.S. Attorney vacancy and two avenues under each authority.

One authority is section 546 of Title 28. Section 546 authorizes the Attorney General to appoint an interim U.S. Attorney for a term of 120 days. Under section 546(d), once the 120-day term expires, “the district court for such district may appoint a United States attorney to serve until the vacancy is filled.”

An individual who has been validly appointed pursuant to section 546 holds the office of U.S. Attorney, even though only on an interim basis. That individual may properly be referred to as United States Attorney or interim United States Attorney, but it would be wrong to refer to that person as acting United States Attorney.
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This is madness on steroids.

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Holy Shit - the Comey indictment is invalid (Original Post) malaise Wednesday OP
Clown show continues ALBliberal Wednesday #1
The full circus malaise Wednesday #2
Hahaha! SheltieLover Wednesday #4
Seriously malaise Wednesday #5
What has this regeime done that is legal? SheltieLover Wednesday #6
Diddly-Squat some_of_us_are_sane Wednesday #8
I was going to say both of his swearing ins, but the I realized IbogaProject Wednesday #17
K&R for, needing clarification/enlightenment at my low lay level UTUSN Wednesday #3
Re: Was Lindsey Halligan Validly Appointed as United States Attorney bigtree Wednesday #13
Thanks, will digest. UTUSN Wednesday #15
She was not appointed properly, gab13by13 Wednesday #7
Thanks malaise Wednesday #9
From now on, you're my lawyer man! surfered Wednesday #10
Hehehe malaise Wednesday #12
🙏 pardon me ma'am. surfered Thursday #19
LOL malaise Thursday #20
I used to think they were evil geniuses and tried to imagine their plan, now I just realized they have mainly idiots Shellback Squid Wednesday #11
Idiots on steroids malaise Wednesday #14
When will this become Biden's fault? yonder Wednesday #16
It's chaos. Iggo Wednesday #18
Omg BlueWaveNeverEnd Thursday #21

IbogaProject

(5,115 posts)
17. I was going to say both of his swearing ins, but the I realized
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 10:52 PM
Wednesday

I realized there were lots of playing fast and loose with ethics rules in the funding of his inagural celebrations.

gab13by13

(29,963 posts)
7. She was not appointed properly,
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 09:15 PM
Wednesday

she doesn't meet the requirements to be an acting State Attorney and she was the only person who signed Comey's indictment, her signature is worthless.

Yup, the statute of limitations expired last night at midnight.

Bwahahaha.

Shellback Squid

(9,647 posts)
11. I used to think they were evil geniuses and tried to imagine their plan, now I just realized they have mainly idiots
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 09:46 PM
Wednesday
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