“This inflection point for America”
Deadline: White House
Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW
4.6 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there, everyone. It's four o'clock in New York. Defiance today from a lifelong public servant and former director of the FBI turned criminal defendant, whose very case symbolizes the perversion of the rule of law in America |
| 0:22.6 | under Donald Trump. Former FBI director Jim Comey pleaded not guilty in court today to two criminal |
| 0:28.9 | counts, one for lying to Congress, the other for obstruction. The judge scheduling his trial |
| 0:34.2 | expected to last two to three days for January 5th, 2026. But before that happened, |
| 0:40.6 | Comey's attorney says, expect a flurry of motions. Comey's lawyers saying that he plans to challenge |
| 0:46.7 | every aspect of this case. They even plan to challenge the appointment of acting U.S. |
| 0:51.3 | attorney Lindsay Halligan. She was put in place by Donald Trump after her predecessor, the previous acting U.S. |
| 0:58.1 | attorney Eric Siebert, refused to bring a criminal case against Jim Comey and against New York |
| 1:03.9 | Attorney General Tish James. |
| 1:05.7 | New York Times reporting this, quote, the issue is that when there is a vacancy in the |
| 1:10.0 | position, the attorney general is |
| 1:11.8 | able to install someone as an interim, U.S. attorney for 120 days. But after that expires, |
| 1:18.0 | the law says a federal court can decide who next serves as interim. If the indictment is thrown out |
| 1:24.3 | on the grounds that Halligan is not a valid U.S. attorney, it is hard to see how |
| 1:28.7 | the case could be revived. Her appointment is central to the other argument that Comey's legal team |
| 1:34.3 | intends to make, that his prosecution is a case of malicious and selective prosecution by the |
| 1:40.0 | Trump administration. Donald Trump's push to prosecute Jim Comey didn't take place behind closed doors or |
| 1:46.8 | over texts or signal messages or hushed private conversations. It was done in public. It was out there for |
| 1:54.1 | everyone to see. On September 20th, Donald Trump posted this, quote, What about Comey? Adam Schifty Schiff, Letitia, three question |
| 2:02.6 | marks. They're all guilty as hell, but nothing is going to be done, end quote. Then Trump said, |
| 2:08.9 | he fired the prosecutor who refused to bring the case against Jim Comey. Then he suggested a new |
| 2:14.2 | U.S. attorney, his former personal attorney, Lindsay Halligan. She was sworn in two |
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