Goon Grilled by Judges Over Trump’s Beauty Queen Prosecutor

Al Drago / Getty Images An appeals court is questioning the Justice Department’s attempt to restart prosecutions of two of Donald Trump’s most-hated foes after their indictments were tossed over the unlawful appointment of a MAGA loyalist as a federal prosecutor.

In the U.S.

Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit on Tuesday, the three-judge panel seemed skeptical of the government’s argument that cases can again be brought against James Comey, the former FBI director, and Letitia James, the New York attorney general.

The focus shifted instead to the involvement of prosecutor Lindsey Halligan and whether she had been lawfully installed.

Last year, Halligan obtained an indictment against Comey for allegedly lying to Congress about authorizing leaks to the press, and against James for alleged mortgage fraud.

But the indictments were thrown out because Trump had illegally appointed Halligan as interim U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, U.S.

District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie ruled.

Two members of the appeals court panel pressed government lawyer Henry Whitaker about reviving the cases.

Judges Albert Diaz and Henry F.

Floyd, appointees of former President Barack Obama, questioned the government’s position that the 80-year-old president could legally appoint one acting attorney after another without obtaining Senate confirmation.

“I understand that you’re representing that this administration has no incentive to engage in a cascade or carousel of interim appointees,” Diaz said, Politico reported .

“But under your reading of the statute, that is the logical conclusion, that an executive could … just continue with a succession of appointments, thereby essentially cutting off both the court, the district court, and the Senate’s advice and consent power.

Isn’t that true?” Whitaker responded that the government had “no incentive” to do so.

But Diaz got him to admit that that could still easily happen.