Bloomberg Law Weekend Law: Comey's Motions, Meta Wins & Texas Maps
Nov 22, 2025
Join former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz and election law expert Richard Brafold as they dive into critical legal happenings. Mintz reveals alarming findings about prosecutorial irregularities in Comey's indictment, raising questions about grand jury integrity. He also discusses potential misstatements regarding Fifth Amendment rights. Meanwhile, Brafold unpacks the federal court’s ruling on Texas's racially gerrymandered redistricting map and its implications, alongside concerns about the timing of Supreme Court appeals. It's a legal landscape filled with twists!
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Major Procedural Flaws Could Sink Comey Indictment
- Magistrate Judge flagged multiple grand jury and constitutional errors that could justify dismissing James Comey's indictment.
- Robert Mintz says improper prosecutor statements and potential privilege breaches may have tainted the presentation.
Privilege Issues May Have Contaminated Grand Jury
- The judge found possible attorney-client privilege leaks from earlier DOJ searches that might have contaminated the grand jury.
- Robert Mintz warns privileged communications seeping into the presentation could require dismissal.
Prosecutor's Grand Jury Misstatements Risk Constitutional Error
- Prosecutor Lindsay Halligan allegedly made fundamental misstatements of law to the grand jury about the Fifth Amendment.
- Mintz stresses any suggestion that Comey had to explain himself would be improper and unconstitutional.