Carrie Johnson

And she got the job only after the White House forced out a career prosecutor.

He expressed doubts about bringing criminal charges against the former FBI Director Jim Comey and New York Attorney General Tish James.

both prominent critics of the president who played a role in investigating him.

They're pretty serious.

This judge, Cameron Curry, wrote, All actions flowing from Lindsay Halligan's defective appointment are unlawful exercises of executive power.

They must be set aside.

Halligan was, of course, the only prosecutor in the grand jury room for the indictments of Jim Comey and Tish James.

She's the only one who signed those indictments.

So now both of those cases are dismissed.

Okay.

The Justice Department does have the right to appeal.

The White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt says this is a technical ruling in their view.

An appeal will be coming soon.

And she says the prosecutor was legally appointed and is extremely qualified.

But there's a catch here.

The statute of limitations in the Comey case expired at the end of September.

And Judge Curry has raised some doubt about whether the DOJ can swing that door back open again.

They are, I think.

Jim Comey actually released a video saying the case against him was based on malevolence and incompetence.

He also praised the Justice Department lawyers who lost their jobs for refusing to indict him.