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malaise

(297,951 posts)
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 08:46 PM Oct 2025

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 Oct 2025 OP
Clown show continues ALBliberal Oct 2025 #1
The full circus malaise Oct 2025 #2
Hahaha! SheltieLover Oct 2025 #4
Seriously malaise Oct 2025 #5
What has this regeime done that is legal? SheltieLover Oct 2025 #6
Diddly-Squat some_of_us_are_sane Oct 2025 #8
I was going to say both of his swearing ins, but the I realized IbogaProject Oct 2025 #17
K&R for, needing clarification/enlightenment at my low lay level UTUSN Oct 2025 #3
Re: Was Lindsey Halligan Validly Appointed as United States Attorney bigtree Oct 2025 #13
Thanks, will digest. UTUSN Oct 2025 #15
She was not appointed properly, gab13by13 Oct 2025 #7
Thanks malaise Oct 2025 #9
From now on, you're my lawyer man! surfered Oct 2025 #10
Hehehe malaise Oct 2025 #12
🙏 pardon me ma'am. surfered Oct 2025 #19
LOL malaise Oct 2025 #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 Oct 2025 #11
Idiots on steroids malaise Oct 2025 #14
When will this become Biden's fault? yonder Oct 2025 #16
It's chaos. Iggo Oct 2025 #18
Omg BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 2025 #21

IbogaProject

(6,074 posts)
17. I was going to say both of his swearing ins, but the I realized
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 10:52 PM
Oct 2025

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

gab13by13

(32,769 posts)
7. She was not appointed properly,
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 09:15 PM
Oct 2025

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

(10,153 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
Oct 2025

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