Emily Bazelon
speaker
591 appearances
5 recordings
3 series
first heard Nov 2025
last heard 22 Apr
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How did she end up with that job?
Well, President Trump cares deeply about indicting James Comey and Letitia James and other people he perceives as political enemies.
The Eastern District of Virginia was investigating these people.
And the person who was the acting U.S.
attorney in this district, whose name is Eric Siebert, normie, conservative appointee, lots of prosecutorial experience.
Based on the investigations that the people in his office were doing, Eric Siebert said he did not think there was enough evidence to prosecute James or Comey.
And at that point, he was forced to resign.
And Lindsey Halligan was brought in as his replacement very much to bring these charges against these specific targets of President Trump.
But because of the unusual way that Halligan came in after the career prosecutors had decided there wasn't enough evidence to bring these charges, she basically had to do it herself.
No one in the office was willing to go to court with her.
So Comey testified before the Senate years ago about the investigation into potential Russian influence in the 2016 campaign.
And at that point, Senator Ted Cruz asked him whether he had authorized any leaks to the press about this investigation.
Comey said no.
And so the substance of the charges against Comey are that he made a false statement to Congress when he answered the questions from Senator Cruz.
And what we've learned, kind of belatedly, is that this indictment is about the idea that Comey authorized a lawyer named Daniel Richman, who is a friend of his, to leak information about the Russia investigation to the press.
James Comey said that he was not guilty, that he had not authorized a leak, and that these were false charges that were being brought because President Trump is seeking retribution against him.
Letitia James has been charged with mortgage fraud.
The underlying facts here is that she bought a second property that, for the most part, her grandniece has been living in without paying rent.
So the charges, nonetheless, are that James was making money from this property by claiming that it was her own primary residence, even though her niece was living there.
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