A former Watergate attorney is warning that the Department of Justice’s prosecuting attorney in its case against James Comey is “playing a pretty dangerous game” in going after the former FBI director.
In an exclusive interview with Newsweek published on Wednesday, just prior to Comey’s arraignment, Nick Akerman said the bar may launch an investigation into prosecutor Lindsey Halligan which could result in her disbarment.
“First of all, she’s taken on something that she has absolutely no background to do, no experience doing, never was a prosecutor,” Akerman told the outlet, adding that Halligan is “essentially being told to indict somebody as retribution because [President] Donald Trump perceives Comey as an enemy.”
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