Andrew Weissmann

And there's no evidence that that entire process happened in the New York minute that Ms.

Halligan has been in her position.

So that's just one more possibility.

I would say significant sort of due process foul that's going on here.

And I think the proof in the pudding here is going to be in sort of looking forward is I think there's a really good chance that James Comey and his legal team will ask for a speedy trial.

They have a right to a trial within 30 days of today.

And they could ask for a speedy trial.

I did note that Jim Comey has already been on Instagram and said, let's have a trial.

And to me, that suggests that if they really think that there is no there there, we don't know the answer to that.

But if that's they presumably do, we could see in 30 days all of this blowing up in Donald Trump's face and everything that he thinks is a victory now is going to

really show that this is the emperor has no clothes, that this is the abuse that it appears to be.

So those are very hard arguments to make.

But what I would say is if it's ever going to work for vindictive prosecution, this looks like it.

And so vindictive prosecution is where you are looking for someone being singled out for impermissible reasons.

And so just because you did your job, but just because you referred the president or you opened an investigation into the president, those are not legitimate reasons to have a sort of tit for tat relationship.

And so that kind of claim, again, could really blow up in Donald Trump's face.

Imagine if that motion, I think, will certainly be made.

Imagine the judge in this case, who's a very, very experienced judge who's been on the bench either as a magistrate or a district judge appointed by President Obama to the district court.

holding a hearing on this.

Imagine what that would look like where Jim Comey gets to put witnesses on.