The Steady Drip: Dem Judge Dismisses Comey, James Indictments, for Now (Connecting the Dots: Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, James Comey, Letitia James, Justice Department & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Dem Judge Dismisses Comey, James Indictments, for Now (Connecting the Dots: Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, James Comey, Letitia James, Justice Department & Soros Funding, All Networking)

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By Eric Mack | Monday, 24 November 2025 01:28 PM EST

https://www.newsmax.com/us/judge-indictment-james-comey/2025/11/24/id/1235843/

A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, at least for now.

The rulings from U.S. District Cameron McGowan Currie, appointed by former President Bill Clinton, were "without prejudice," which means the cases can be refiled and reindicted with another prosecutor.

Currie ruled the prosecutor who brought the charges under President Donald Trump's administration was illegally appointed by the Justice Department.

"I believe the Supreme Court's Appointments Clause jurisprudence provides the answer to the with-or-without-prejudice question," Currie wrote in the Comey ruling.

Currie rejecting Comey's legal argument that "urges me to exercise my supervisory powers and dismiss his indictment with prejudice: A with-prejudice dismissal is necessary, he argues, to 'vindicate the interests protected by the Appointments Clause' and to 'deter the government from using unlawful appointments to effectuate retaliation against perceived political opponents.'"

The orders make interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan the latest Trump administration prosecutor to be disqualified because of the manner in which they were appointed.

Trump and the White House have long rebuked the obstruction of his administration through political bias and legal technicality wrangling.

Notably, there is a statute of limitations complication in the Comey case, a complication that does not exist with the James case.

"I am heartened by today's victory and grateful for the prayers and support I have received from around the country," James wrote in a public statement shared with Newsmax.

"I remain fearless in the face of these baseless charges as I continue fighting for New Yorkers every single day."

Both defendants had asked for the cases to be dismissed with prejudice, meaning that the Justice Department would not be able to bring them again. But the judge instead dismissed them without prejudice, though it was not immediately clear if or how the Justice Department might attempt to revive the prosecutions.

The challenge to Halligan's appointment was one piece of a multiprong assault on the indictments by both Comey and James, who had each sought to have their cases dismissed on grounds that the prosecutions were vindictive.

Comey's lawyers had also seized on irregularities in the grand jury process in seeking to get the prosecution thrown out. Each of those requests remains pending.

Monday's order deals exclusively with the mechanism the Trump administration employed to appoint Halligan, a former White House aide with no prior prosecutorial experience, to lead one of the Justice Department's most elite and important offices.

Halligan was named to the job in September after a different interim U.S. attorney, Erik Siebert, was effectively forced out amid pressure from the Trump administration to file charges against Comey and James.

After Siebert resigned, Comey's lawyers argued, the judges of the federal court district should have had exclusive say over who got to fill the vacancy.

Instead, Trump nominated Halligan while publicly imploring Bondi in a social media post to take action, saying in a Truth Social post that "JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW!!!"

Comey was indicted days later on charges of making a false statement and obstructing Congress, and James was charged soon after that in a mortgage fraud investigation.

Judges have separately disqualified interim U.S. attorneys in New Jersey, Los Angeles, and Nevada, but have permitted cases brought under their watch to move forward.

But lawyers for Comey and James had argued that Currie's ruling needed to go even further because Halligan was the sole signer of the indictments and the driving force behind them.

Comey has for years been one of Trump's chief antagonists. Appointed to the job in 2013 by President Barack Obama, Comey, at the time of Trump's 2016 election, was overseeing an investigation into whether his presidential campaign had conspired with Russia to sway the outcome of the race.

Furious over that investigation, Trump fired Comey in May 2017 and the two officials have verbally sparred in the years since.

Judge Cameron McGowan Currie

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_McGowan_Currie

Cameron McGowan Currie (born October 3, 1948) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Education and career

Born in Florence, South Carolina, Currie received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of South Carolina in 1970 and a Juris Doctor from George Washington University Law School in 1975. She was a law clerk to United States Magistrate Arthur L. Burnett of the District of Columbia from 1973 to 1974. She was in private practice in Washington, D.C., from 1975 to 1978. She was an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1978 to 1980, and for the District of South Carolina from 1980 to 1984.

Federal judicial service

On January 27, 1994, Currie was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina vacated by Falcon Black Hawkins Jr. Currie was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 10, 1994, and received her commission on March 11, 1994. She took senior status on October 3, 2013.

Connecting the Dots:

Judge Cameron McGowan Currie is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina nominated by President William (Bill) Clinton and received her Juris Doctor from George Washington University Law School.

William J. Clinton nominated Judge Cameron McGowan Currie for the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, was an adviser for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign and is the founder of the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations Alexander Soros’s father and a co-chair, national finance council for the Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary).

Alexander Soros is George Soros’s son and married to Huma Abedin.

Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary) supported the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.

Huma Abedin (Soros) was a consultant for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, the vice chairman for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign went to George Washington University, married to Anthony D. Weiner and is married to Alexander Soros.

John D. Podesta was a temporary CEO for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, the campaign chairman for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, William J. Clinton’s chief of staff, the chief of staff for the William J. Clinton administration, a counselor for the Barack Obama administration, and an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project.

Tammy Duckworth is an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project and a member of the House Select Committee on Benghazi.

Kamala D. Harris is an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project and was the vice president of the Joseph R. Biden Jr administration.

R. Hunter Biden is a director at the Truman National Security Project and Joseph R. Biden Jr’s son.

Ronald A. Klain is a director at the Truman National Security Project and the White House chief of staff for the Joseph R. Biden Jr administration.

Gabrielle Giffords is advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project and married to Senator Mark E. Kelly.

Peter B. Kovler is a director at the Truman National Security Project and a trustee at George Washington University.

Judge Cameron McGowan Currie is received her Juris Doctor from George Washington University Law School and is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina nominated by President William (Bill) Clinton.

Allida M. Black was a historian & editor of Roosevelt papers for George Washington University, a co-founder for the Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary) and a governor for the Roosevelt Institute.

Jonathan Soros is a senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, George Soros’s son and was the vice chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

George Soros is Jonathan Soros’s father, the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Roosevelt Institute and the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund.

Eric H. Holder Jr. was an intern at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, the attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice for the Barack Obama administration, a trustee at George Washington University and is a partner at Covington & Burling LLP.

Anthony D. Weiner was a consultant at Covington & Burling LLP, married to Huma Abedin (Soros) and an advisory board member for the MWW Group.

MWW Group was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Huma Abedin (Soros) was a consultant for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, the senior adviser to secretary for the U.S. Department of State, a consultant for Teneo Holdings LLC, went to George Washington University, the vice chairman for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign and married to Anthony D. Weiner.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, Alexander Soros’s father and a co-chair, national finance council for the Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary).

Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary) supported the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.

William J. Clinton is the founder of the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, was an adviser for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign and nominated Judge Cameron McGowan Currie for the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Jonathan Soros is a senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, George Soros’s son and was the vice chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

George Soros is Jonathan Soros’s father, the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Roosevelt Institute and the Human Rights Watch.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Human Rights Watch, the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation and the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

John J. Studzinski is a director at the Human Rights Watch, a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and was a co-head of investment banking for HSBC Holdings plc.

HSBC Holdings plc was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

James B. Comey was a director at the HSBC Holdings plc. and the director for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

John L. Thornton was a director at the HSBC Holdings plc. and is a co-chairman for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Susan M. Collins was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), is a Republican U.S. Senate senator for R- Maine and an advisory governor for the Partnership for Public Service.

Stuart E. Eizenstat was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development and is an advisory governor for the Partnership for Public Service.

Lloyd Howell Jr. was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development and is a director at the Partnership for Public Service.

John E. Sexton was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development and is an advisory governor for the Partnership for Public Service.

Beth A. Brooke-Marciniak was a director at the Partnership for Public Service and is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Letitia James is the chair for the Committee on Economic Development, the Attorney General of New York and obtained her Juris Doctor degree at Howard University.

Kamala D. Harris graduated from Howard University, was the vice president of the Joseph R. Biden Jr Administration and is an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project.

Tammy Duckworth is an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project and a member of the House Select Committee on Benghazi.

R. Hunter Biden is a director at the Truman National Security Project and Joseph R. Biden Jr’s son.

Ronald A. Klain is a director at the Truman National Security Project and the White House chief of staff for the Joseph R. Biden Jr administration.

Gabrielle Giffords is an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project and married to Senator Mark E. Kelly.