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Lead prosecutor withdraws from criminal case against James Comey
DoJ filing did not say why Timothy Severo is replacing Matthew Petracca in case over ex-FBI director’s ‘86 47’ post The lead prosecutor in former FBI director James Comey ’s case over a social media post has withdrawn from the case, according ...
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DoJ filing did not say why Timothy Severo is replacing Matthew Petracca in case over ex-FBI director’s ‘86 47’ post The lead prosecutor in former FBI director James Comey ’s case over a social media post has withdrawn from the case, according ...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Lead prosecutor withdraws from criminal case against James Comey, DoJ filing did not say why Timothy Severo is replacing Matthew Petracca in case over ex-FBI director’s ‘86 47’ post The lead prosecutor in former FBI director James Comey ’s case over a social media post has withdrawn from the case, according to a new court filing . The justice department filed notice with the court on Friday evening that Matthew Petracca, a prosecutor from the US attorney’s office for the eastern district of North Carolina, had been replaced by assistant US attorney Timothy Severo. Continue reading…
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