Episode 149 | Did Lindsey Halligan Just TORPEDO the Comey Case?

It's Complicated

Renato Mariotti

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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It’s been a doozy of a week in the James Comey case, with a federal magistrate judge saying that “government misconduct may have tainted the grand jury proceeding.” On this episode of It’s Complicated, Renato Mariotti and Asha Rangappa analyze the litany of shocking mistakes made by newbie prosecutor Lindsay Halligan and point out Comey’s best chance for having the indictment dismissed. Then, they discuss President Trump’s rare defeat this week over the Epstein files and the chances the DOJ could withhold the files under the cover of an ongoing and Trump-ordered investigation. Tune in! Asha Substack: https://asharangappa.substack.com/Subscribe to our podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/its-complicatedFollow Asha on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/asharangappa.bsky.socialFollow Renato on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/renatomariotti.bsky.socialFollow Asha on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asha.rangappa/Follow Renato on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/renato.mariotti/Cruise with us! https://www.travelstore.com/group-travel/its-complicated-cruise-2026/Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Legal AF Substack: https://substack.com/@legalaf Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.bsky.social Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky.social Subscribe to the Legal AF by MeidasTouch podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.9	So, Renato, how badly did Lindsay Halligan screw up this
0:40.6	Comey indictment? It's complicated. I'm Renato Marietti. I'm a former federal prosecutor,
0:52.0	a practicing lawyer and a legal analyst.
0:56.0	And I'm Asha Rangappa.
0:58.5	I teach national security law at Yale University.
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1:14.5	Wow. that can't be boiled down into a soundlight or a steep. Wow, so talk about something that can't be boiled down.
1:17.6	There's so many errors, so many mistakes, so many missteps here.
1:22.0	It's just we could spend hours going through them all.
1:25.1	Yeah, I like to think of this case now as the Comey, choose your own adventure.
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