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Federal judge hits DOJ for 'indict first, investigate later' approach in court hearing
« on: November 06, 2025, 10:07:24 am »
Federal judge hits DOJ for 'indict first, investigate later' approach in court hearing

Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick questions prosecutors during James Comey hearing

By Anders Hagstrom Fox News

A federal judge criticized the Justice Department for allegedly being too quick to indict in high-profile cases on Wednesday.

Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick of the Eastern District of Virginia made the comments during a brief hearing regarding the case against former FBI Director James Comey.

"Right now, we are in a bit of a feeling of indict first, investigate later," Fitzpatrick said in the hearing, which lasted less than an hour.

Fitzpatrick questioned prosecutors about their handling of data acquired from a number of search warrants between 2019 and 2020, information which is now being used in Comey's case. The judge pressed prosecutors on whether they may have viewed information that may be protected by attorney-client privilege.

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Re: Federal judge hits DOJ for 'indict first, investigate later' approach in court hearing
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2025, 11:24:01 am »
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Re: Federal judge hits DOJ for 'indict first, investigate later' approach in court hearing
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2025, 12:50:36 pm »
Yeah, ~five years to look stuff over isn't enough....

What's the Statute of limitations?
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Re: Federal judge hits DOJ for 'indict first, investigate later' approach in court hearing
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2025, 01:05:56 pm »
Idiot judge.
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Re: Federal judge hits DOJ for 'indict first, investigate later' approach in court hearing
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2025, 02:02:40 pm »
Quote from: Kamaji on November 06, 2025, 01:05:56 pm
Idiot judge.

Unfortunately there are many of them.
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Re: Federal judge hits DOJ for 'indict first, investigate later' approach in court hearing
« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2025, 02:19:49 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on November 06, 2025, 11:24:01 am
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Magistrate judges would appear to be selected by the federal district judges which they serve and removed by those same judges, so they do not get nominated by a President nor get confirmed by the Senate.
https://www.vaed.uscourts.gov/sites/vaed/files/WEF%20MJ%20announcement%20Nov%202022.pdf
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Re: Federal judge hits DOJ for 'indict first, investigate later' approach in court hearing
« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2025, 03:22:09 pm »
Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on November 06, 2025, 02:19:49 pm
Is he?

Magistrate judges would appear to be selected by the federal district judges which they serve and removed by those same judges, so they do not get nominated by a President nor get confirmed by the Senate.
https://www.vaed.uscourts.gov/sites/vaed/files/WEF%20MJ%20announcement%20Nov%202022.pdf

Appointed in 2022.   :shrug:
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Re: Federal judge hits DOJ for 'indict first, investigate later' approach in court hearing
« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2025, 03:25:06 pm »
A magistrate judge has no business being involved here AT ALL!
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Re: Federal judge hits DOJ for 'indict first, investigate later' approach in court hearing
« Reply #8 on: November 06, 2025, 05:35:00 pm »
If this were a Republican it would be 'this is a very strong case on the merits'.
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