A VALLEY VIEWPOINT NARRATIVE
In America, there are two kinds of people who get lucky in federal court: the innocent, and the very guilty who happen to be prosecuted by clowns. James Comey—once the towering embodiment of FBI righteousness, halo polished daily by cable news—falls squarely into the second category.
Let’s not kid ourselves. Comey lied in 2020. He told Congress he didn’t authorize anyone at the FBI to leak to the Wall Street Journal. Except Andrew McCabe later said he did. Comey’s “aw shucks, who me?” routine finally caught up with him in September 2025, when prosecutors—facing a statute of limitations deadline that might as well have been a ticking bomb—raced into court with an indictment so rushed it practically had skid marks.
But the problem with hurried justice is simple: you actually have to know what you’re doing.
The grand jury originally rejected one of the charges. A functioning prosecution team would’ve taken the revised indictment back to the full panel. Instead, someone basically grabbed the document, crossed out the bad count like they were editing a grocery list, and had the foreperson sign the new version. That’s not grand-jury procedure. That’s arts and crafts hour.
And then came the star of this procedural circus: Lindsey Halligan.
Halligan was installed as interim U.S. Attorney after the sitting U.S. Attorney refused to bring the case. She was placed into the job in a way that exceeded statutory authority, bypassed Senate confirmation, and treated DOJ appointment rules like a suggestion instead of law. When your prosecutor wasn’t legally appointed, everything she touches becomes radioactive.
The judge noticed. Oh, did he notice.
He found a “disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps”—judicial code for “I can’t believe this is what you people filed.” Misstatements of law to the grand jury. A transcript that looked like it was assembled in the dark. Rush-job decisions driven by political heat instead of actual evidence. And the fatal mistake: a prosecutor who had no legal authority to indict anyone at all.
So here’s the truth no one in Washington wants to say aloud:
**James Comey didn’t walk because he was innocent.
He walked because the Department of Justice couldn’t follow its own rulebook.**
And that’s bigger than Comey.
If the DOJ—under any administration—wants to bring high-profile cases, especially politically sensitive ones, it has to get the basics right. Appoint prosecutors lawfully. Follow grand-jury procedure. Respect statutory limits. Because when the government trashes its own playbook, even the guilty don’t just escape. They strut out of the courthouse while the whole country watches.
This isn’t vindication for Comey.
This isn’t accountability.
This is incompetence dressed up as prosecution.
And unless the DOJ gets its procedural house in order, this won’t be the last time a guilty man walks free—not because justice failed, but because the government forgot how to tie its own shoes.
The Valley Viewpoint 