Carrie Johnson

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.

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.