Another Comey indictment in this altogether embarrassing day for DOJ. Also: The Second Circuit creates a circuit split, blocking the Trump admin mandatory detention policy.
During the course of my 30 year tenure as a prosecutor, I was routinely called upon to determine whether a given person should be charged with a criminal offence. In approaching the matter, I was ethically bound to answer 2 questions in the affirmative prior to even laying a charge:
1. Is there a reasonable likelihood of conviction; AND
2. Is it in the public interest to proceed?
There is absolutely no way in hell that any prosecutor with even an ounce of ethics or brain cells could possibly answer Yes to the first question. No chance. None.
The sandwich tosser walked, as he should have (Google “de minimus” when you have a moment), despite being technically guilty of a minor assault. Comey’s posting of an 8647 display falls far short of the sandwich tosser’s (non) crime.
I cannot believe I just heard the acting Attorney General of the United States declare that seashells forming “8647” are a threat to the president and that he actually indicted the former FBI Director for that. Todd Blanche can never, ever, ever be confirmed for that position. Ever. And he must be disbarred from ever practicing law again. Every lawyer in the country needs to denounce this. This is a disqualifying abuse of power.
Comey should go away for a long time, and I won’t lose sleep over it. Not because seashells are the crime of the century, but because equal justice means the left doesn’t get a constitutional safe space after weaponizing the system against everyone else. They prosecute speech. They buried "White Christian Nationalist" blogger Paul Boyne. They turned political rhetoric into criminal exposure whenever the target was on the right.
Fine. Then don’t cry when the standard comes home. You wanted a country where intent, innocence, and First Amendment protections depend on politics. Congratulations. Now live in it. Comey helped build the monster. Let him meet it.
All Donald’s frivolous indictments cost the US TAX PAYER along with the defendants and this scumbag president should be indicted for harassment for this. The more Donald attacks and loses against people that hurt his little man feelings, just makes him look worse and his adversaries so much better than him. Can’t wait for him to get 8 6 ‘d
The seashells clearly were a cleverly disguised message to Agent 86, Maxwell Smart, to take down the leader of named KAOS, "a shrewd determined organization, dedicated to destroying the free world and subjugating people."
I don’t know how law professors are getting up & teaching law earnestly. DOJ & the captured parts of the judiciary are making it increasingly clear that they’re not acting in good faith. It’s a growing farce.
I would be more alarmed if the Democratic Administration just preceding hadn't done exactly the same thing. As for Comey, I remember his interventions in the 2016 election. They were disgraceful, as Hillary Clinton's supporters were quick to say.
The previous administration didn’t do the same thing. That’s a Bs lie to pretend something the right claims they are against is okay this one time. The man is a criminal, convicted for his crimes that stemmed from a case uncovered when he was trying to screw his family. He is a criminal and sexual predator. The entire county has seen the utter moral depravity of people who will make every excuse in the book to pardon cop beaters, destroy the gvt, cover for sexual predators and flat out kill Americans while money is diverted to the ultra wealthy while they laugh their a$$es at the dupes still shielding them as the regurgitate the victim propaganda. As many men that see themselves in 47 explains why murder is the #1 cause of death for pregnant women in this country.
As near as makes no difference. I'm a trump opponent because of his personal non-presidential style. But just about every substantive accusation you made in that post is not true. Stop getting your news out of social media.
No, they are true. You are free to live in denial and pretend cop beaters were not pardoned, he didn’t lose a case were the jury found him guilty of sexual abuse, he didn’t lose a fraud case brought when exposure of tax documents while he was screwing his family in inheritance wars. Congrats, you are making clear to everyone exactly what kind of guy you are with the denial, and that may be the best gift Trump have given this country. Exposing men who defend the depravity with denial and deflection. Keep up the good work. We will eventually get to a point where there will be no denying who People are and treating them accordingly.
No, they are not. You are believing what you want to believe. Go in peace, but it is that kind of reckless responsibility that causes poor misguided idiots to destroy their lives attempting assassinations.
I voted against Trump in 2016 and 2020 for sound political reasons. (I abstained in 2024 because it was impossible to vote for Kamala Harris, whose reputation I knew long before she went to Washington.) The difference between opposing him and demonizing him his night and day.
It's not possible to go point by point. Suffice it to say that Trump has been a public figure for nearly 40 years- he has cameos in Home alone, 2 and other movies back from the early '90s- and ran for president three times. That's plenty of time for all of this stuff to be exposed over and over. But it only began to circulate since 2025, as the demonization gets wilder and wilder. That should tell you something, but apparently does not. If you take the trouble yourself to get beyond the rumors you so desperately want to believe, you'll be doing yourself a service. But I doubt you will do that.
Explain how the previous administration “did the exact same thing”?
Show us where Biden publicly called for the prosecution of his political opponents.
Show us the Comey equivalent who the prior DOJ pursued, failed spectacularly, then re-indicted on new, woefully flimsy charges.
Show us where the prior administration dismissed all oversight by firing Inspectors General, kneecapping agencies (eg the SEC), and terminating career prosecutors and investigators.
Not the same thing at all. Mackey was charged and initially convicted of having been a party to a conspiracy to interfere with the voting rights of citizens, by spreading a meme falsely claiming that citizens could vote for Hillary by text.
Mackey did, in fact, spread the offending meme. The conviction was overturned only because the appellate court found that the requisite evidence of an agreement between parties that knowingly spread this false information was absent.
Forgive me if I don’t have a lot of sympathy for Mackey, in the circumstances.
Unfortunately, you've missed my point. It is the Biden DOJ going after its political rivals, because they prosecuted a republican and not a democrat when they said the same thing.
As with everything this administration does, including its War of Choice: Iran Edition, they failed to confirm that “86” refers to a restaurant short-cut meaning “discard” or “do not serve this.” As far as I could tell, it did not translate to “kill, maim, or subject to violence.” You can assess the harm the indictments refer to (for the second time).
While you're fact-checking, you may want to look up “paranoid” and “derangement” for more enlightenment.
And then there's “File 13,” which may be where this second DOJ court case ends up.
Enough ! Law Dork is a valuable educational venue for law and politics, at least for me. The tenor of this site is intelligent civility. Today’s comments have descended into a kindergarten squabble - he said, she said, you’re wrong, I’m right, you’re stupid, etc., etc. There is enough conflict in the larger world, please don’t personalize it here. With very few exceptions we are all just imperfect humans, entitled to respect.
So reassuring that the Department of Justice is on the job protecting America from seashells and sand.
I want to know what the grand jury was told. It seems impossible they would have indicted on the flimsy BS on paper.
During the course of my 30 year tenure as a prosecutor, I was routinely called upon to determine whether a given person should be charged with a criminal offence. In approaching the matter, I was ethically bound to answer 2 questions in the affirmative prior to even laying a charge:
1. Is there a reasonable likelihood of conviction; AND
2. Is it in the public interest to proceed?
There is absolutely no way in hell that any prosecutor with even an ounce of ethics or brain cells could possibly answer Yes to the first question. No chance. None.
The sandwich tosser walked, as he should have (Google “de minimus” when you have a moment), despite being technically guilty of a minor assault. Comey’s posting of an 8647 display falls far short of the sandwich tosser’s (non) crime.
What a joke.
I cannot believe I just heard the acting Attorney General of the United States declare that seashells forming “8647” are a threat to the president and that he actually indicted the former FBI Director for that. Todd Blanche can never, ever, ever be confirmed for that position. Ever. And he must be disbarred from ever practicing law again. Every lawyer in the country needs to denounce this. This is a disqualifying abuse of power.
no irony, MAGA used to say 8646 with zero consequences...
not to mention chants of "Hang Mike Pence!" on Jan 6
That photo! Da three tough guys.
Came here to say exactly the same thing. What a trio of losers. Especially like the side-eye of the guy on the left of the photo.
The Three Stooges?
The originals—Moe, Shemp and Larry.
Comey should go away for a long time, and I won’t lose sleep over it. Not because seashells are the crime of the century, but because equal justice means the left doesn’t get a constitutional safe space after weaponizing the system against everyone else. They prosecute speech. They buried "White Christian Nationalist" blogger Paul Boyne. They turned political rhetoric into criminal exposure whenever the target was on the right.
https://luthmann.substack.com/p/connecticut-blogger-boyne-burned
Fine. Then don’t cry when the standard comes home. You wanted a country where intent, innocence, and First Amendment protections depend on politics. Congratulations. Now live in it. Comey helped build the monster. Let him meet it.
All Donald’s frivolous indictments cost the US TAX PAYER along with the defendants and this scumbag president should be indicted for harassment for this. The more Donald attacks and loses against people that hurt his little man feelings, just makes him look worse and his adversaries so much better than him. Can’t wait for him to get 8 6 ‘d
The seashells clearly were a cleverly disguised message to Agent 86, Maxwell Smart, to take down the leader of named KAOS, "a shrewd determined organization, dedicated to destroying the free world and subjugating people."
So embarrassed by this ship, no, BARGE of fools…..and idiots.
I don’t know how law professors are getting up & teaching law earnestly. DOJ & the captured parts of the judiciary are making it increasingly clear that they’re not acting in good faith. It’s a growing farce.
I'm not knowledgeable enough to handicap anything.
I would be more alarmed if the Democratic Administration just preceding hadn't done exactly the same thing. As for Comey, I remember his interventions in the 2016 election. They were disgraceful, as Hillary Clinton's supporters were quick to say.
The previous administration didn’t do the same thing. That’s a Bs lie to pretend something the right claims they are against is okay this one time. The man is a criminal, convicted for his crimes that stemmed from a case uncovered when he was trying to screw his family. He is a criminal and sexual predator. The entire county has seen the utter moral depravity of people who will make every excuse in the book to pardon cop beaters, destroy the gvt, cover for sexual predators and flat out kill Americans while money is diverted to the ultra wealthy while they laugh their a$$es at the dupes still shielding them as the regurgitate the victim propaganda. As many men that see themselves in 47 explains why murder is the #1 cause of death for pregnant women in this country.
As near as makes no difference. I'm a trump opponent because of his personal non-presidential style. But just about every substantive accusation you made in that post is not true. Stop getting your news out of social media.
No, they are true. You are free to live in denial and pretend cop beaters were not pardoned, he didn’t lose a case were the jury found him guilty of sexual abuse, he didn’t lose a fraud case brought when exposure of tax documents while he was screwing his family in inheritance wars. Congrats, you are making clear to everyone exactly what kind of guy you are with the denial, and that may be the best gift Trump have given this country. Exposing men who defend the depravity with denial and deflection. Keep up the good work. We will eventually get to a point where there will be no denying who People are and treating them accordingly.
https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/homicide-leading-cause-of-death-for-pregnant-women-in-u-s/
No, they are not. You are believing what you want to believe. Go in peace, but it is that kind of reckless responsibility that causes poor misguided idiots to destroy their lives attempting assassinations.
Yes, people who deny reality like you definitely destroy their lives and the lives of others. Nice try projecting.
I voted against Trump in 2016 and 2020 for sound political reasons. (I abstained in 2024 because it was impossible to vote for Kamala Harris, whose reputation I knew long before she went to Washington.) The difference between opposing him and demonizing him his night and day.
It's not possible to go point by point. Suffice it to say that Trump has been a public figure for nearly 40 years- he has cameos in Home alone, 2 and other movies back from the early '90s- and ran for president three times. That's plenty of time for all of this stuff to be exposed over and over. But it only began to circulate since 2025, as the demonization gets wilder and wilder. That should tell you something, but apparently does not. If you take the trouble yourself to get beyond the rumors you so desperately want to believe, you'll be doing yourself a service. But I doubt you will do that.
Explain how the previous administration “did the exact same thing”?
Show us where Biden publicly called for the prosecution of his political opponents.
Show us the Comey equivalent who the prior DOJ pursued, failed spectacularly, then re-indicted on new, woefully flimsy charges.
Show us where the prior administration dismissed all oversight by firing Inspectors General, kneecapping agencies (eg the SEC), and terminating career prosecutors and investigators.
You’re not a Trump supporter?
Bullshit.
You should see what they did to Douglass Mackey. Keep in mind a democrat said the same exact thing as him and was never prosecuted.
Not the same thing at all. Mackey was charged and initially convicted of having been a party to a conspiracy to interfere with the voting rights of citizens, by spreading a meme falsely claiming that citizens could vote for Hillary by text.
Mackey did, in fact, spread the offending meme. The conviction was overturned only because the appellate court found that the requisite evidence of an agreement between parties that knowingly spread this false information was absent.
Forgive me if I don’t have a lot of sympathy for Mackey, in the circumstances.
Unfortunately, you've missed my point. It is the Biden DOJ going after its political rivals, because they prosecuted a republican and not a democrat when they said the same thing.
'...hadn't done EXACTLY the same thing'. What did the Biden Admin, Merritt Garland, do, exactly, because I don't remember.
Then you have a very short memory.
So, you can't actually cite anything 'exactly the same thing' that the Biden Admin did. Got it.
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Is this better?
As with everything this administration does, including its War of Choice: Iran Edition, they failed to confirm that “86” refers to a restaurant short-cut meaning “discard” or “do not serve this.” As far as I could tell, it did not translate to “kill, maim, or subject to violence.” You can assess the harm the indictments refer to (for the second time).
While you're fact-checking, you may want to look up “paranoid” and “derangement” for more enlightenment.
And then there's “File 13,” which may be where this second DOJ court case ends up.
Enough ! Law Dork is a valuable educational venue for law and politics, at least for me. The tenor of this site is intelligent civility. Today’s comments have descended into a kindergarten squabble - he said, she said, you’re wrong, I’m right, you’re stupid, etc., etc. There is enough conflict in the larger world, please don’t personalize it here. With very few exceptions we are all just imperfect humans, entitled to respect.