Criminal cases against Trump critics dropped
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 25 November 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
A federal US judge has dismissed the criminal cases against the former FBI director James Comey and the New York Attorney General Letitia James, who've both led high-profile investigations into Donald Trump. The judge found that the prosecutor overseeing both cases, Lindsey Halligan, had been hired unlawfully. The White House has said the Justice Department will appeal against the ruling. President Trump has denied accusations that he uses the criminal justice sytem to target his enemies.
Also: Mexican police arrest a man accused of recruiting people involved in the murder of a popular mayor, Carlos Manzo. We look back at the life of the singer Jimmy Cliff who helped popularise reggae around the world. Meanwhile, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi leads tributes to the Bollywood actor Dharmendra who has died at the age of 89. A new location feature on the social media platform X raises questions about the origins of politically provocative content. And a woman in Thailand has been found alive in her coffin moments before she was due to be cremated.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | You're listening to the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:10.7 | Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. We're recording this at 430 GMT on Tuesday, the 25th of November. |
| 0:17.4 | A US judge has dismissed charges against two high-profile officials who investigated President |
| 0:22.2 | Trump. Russia and Ukraine have launched attacks on each other, even as diplomatic efforts |
| 0:26.9 | continue to try to end the war. And a woman in Thailand has been found alive in her coffin |
| 0:31.7 | moments before she was due to be cremated. Also in the podcast? |
| 0:40.5 | At 8, 9 or something like that. |
| 0:44.0 | It was break time in the school and I was in a classroom singing. |
| 0:47.2 | And some girls walked out and said, where's the radio? |
| 0:54.0 | We look back at the life of reggae legend Jimmy Cliff, who's died at the age of 81. |
| 1:03.7 | On his return to the White House, President Trump promised retribution against his enemies. |
| 1:08.7 | Among those targeted were the former FBI director James Comey, who investigated Russian election interference, and the New York Attorney General |
| 1:11.7 | Leticia James, who brought a successful fraud case against the president and his business. |
| 1:16.8 | However, a judge has ruled that the charges against the two officials should be thrown out |
| 1:20.9 | because the prosecutor was unlawfully appointed. Mr. Trump gave the job to his former |
| 1:25.9 | personal lawyer, Lindsay Halligan, when the original prosecutor refused to act because of a lack of evidence. |
| 1:31.8 | Mr. Comey was charged with making false statements and obstruction of justice in September. |
| 1:36.9 | He said the prosecution was a reflection of what the U.S. Justice Department has become under Donald Trump. |
| 1:42.7 | The President of the United States cannot use the Department of Justice to target his political |
| 1:48.2 | enemies. I don't care what your politics are. You have to see that as fundamentally un-American |
| 1:53.7 | and a threat to the rule of law that keeps all of us free. I know that Donald Trump will |
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