BREAKING: A federal judge says L.A.-based US attorney Bill ESSAYLI has been acting in the role unlawfully since July
Kyle Cheney
@kyledcheney.bsky.social
BREAKING: A federal judge says L.A.-based US attorney Bill ESSAYLI has been acting in the role unlawfully since July, declaring him disqualified from the position. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.983892/gov.uscourts.cacd.983892.56.0.pdf
BREAKING: A federal judge says L.A.-based US attorney Bill ESSAYLI has been acting in the role unlawfully since July, declaring him disqualified from the position. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) 2025-10-29T01:26:11.184Z
NOTABLE: The judge says the indictment sEssayli presided over are not dismissed bc they were signed by other lawfully appointed prosecutors. That reasoning, if adopted in other courts, bodes poorly for Lindsey Halligan, who was the only person to sign Comey/James indictments.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) 2025-10-29T01:28:11.410Z
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