Carrie Johnson

Comey also says he thinks Trump may come after him again, but Comey has faith in the federal courts.

And as for Tish James, she says she's heartened and she, quote, remains fearless in the face of these baseless charges.

Her lawyer says they're going to challenge any new and politically motivated charges that come against her.

Yeah, so often with President Trump, it involves executive power.

Four times this year, different courts have ruled U.S.

attorneys have not been appointed legally in places like Nevada, California, New Jersey, and now Virginia.

These prosecutors have a lot of power to decide what to investigate, and the president has a lot of power to appoint those prosecutors, but courts are finding that has some limits.

Happy to do it.

The Trump administration installed Lindsey Halligan as U.S.

attorney in Virginia in late September.

soon after the prosecutor already in that job expressed doubts about moving forward with charges against prominent critics of President Trump.

Now, a federal judge has found Halligan's appointment defective under the Constitution.

The ruling means that indictments Halligan won against the former FBI director and the sitting New York Attorney General are dismissed for now.

The Justice Department has the option to appeal and could try to revive both cases.

Lawyers for Jim Comey and Tish James are challenging the indictments on several other grounds.

Carrie Johnson, NPR News, Washington.

About a week after she left the judge's chamber, she ran into him at a party. I'm going to tell the next part of the story entirely from allegations in the court papers. That's in part because retelling it to me was too painful. At the party, he tried to get her to sit next to him on the couch. Eventually she left, but she got a text from him saying he needed to talk to her.

About a week after she left the judge's chamber, she ran into him at a party. I'm going to tell the next part of the story entirely from allegations in the court papers. That's in part because retelling it to me was too painful. At the party, he tried to get her to sit next to him on the couch. Eventually she left, but she got a text from him saying he needed to talk to her.

About a week after she left the judge's chamber, she ran into him at a party. I'm going to tell the next part of the story entirely from allegations in the court papers. That's in part because retelling it to me was too painful. At the party, he tried to get her to sit next to him on the couch. Eventually she left, but she got a text from him saying he needed to talk to her.

It was cold that night, so the judge suggested they chat inside his apartment. Once inside, the judge insisted she come to the bedroom. At first she sat on the corner of the bed, but he wanted her to lay down. Then, she told investigators, he grabbed her breast. She tried to pull his arm off, but he was really strong.