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Sunday, December 7, 2025

The Needle: Judge Tosses James Comey and Letitia James Charges, DOJ Whistleblower Now Fighting for Good Guys, And Trump Has Revived Family Separations - Washington City Paper

  • You’re dismissed: U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie dismissed the charges against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, dealing a major blow to convicted felon and President Donald Trump’s efforts to use the Justice Department to punish his perceived political enemies. Currie said the indictments against Comey and James were not valid because Lindsey Halligan, a former personal lawyer for Trump who has no prosecutorial experience, was unlawfully installed as the U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia. The administration has indicated that it will appeal the dismissal. Plus three points for justice (for now). +3 [NYT, Politico]
  • Cruelty is the point: ICE agents have put about 600 children in government shelters—more than the previous four years combined. This is the Trump administration’s new family separation policy, a revival of the controversial practice of separating parents and guardians from their children at the border that faced legal challenges and was eventually halted. The new practice plays out throughout the country as federal agents patrol with local police and conduct raids on apartment buildings, schools, and job sites. Minus two points for traumatizing families. -2 [ProPublica]
  • Where priorities lie: As the Department of Homeland Security has shifted its priorities to immigration enforcement, its agents are abandoning drug and gun cases to pursue civil immigration violations. Internal documents...


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