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violations of the laws regulating Grand Jury protocols for the purpose of misleading the jurors and bringing false charges against Comey for which they had no evidence. For example, they told the jurors that they could vote to indict because the government would be producing solid evidence in time for the trial. Judge Fitzpatrick wrote the "the procedural and substantive irregularities that occurred before the grand jury, and the manner in which evidence presented to the grand jury was collected and used, may rise to the level of government misconduct resulting in prejudice to Mr. Comey." Fitzpatrick reported that Halligan appeared to misrepresent the law as she sought to explain away gaps in the evidence amid tough questioning by grand jurors. At one point, Fizpatrick said, Halligan appeared to suggest that Comey would have to answer those questions himself and explain his innocence at such as trial - a mischaracterization of the government's burden to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. He also pointed to the fact that the transcript provided to prosecutors does not include presentation of the second indictment for consideration or any deliberation - bringing into question whether the record of the proceedings of the grand jury is complete, or whether the prosecutors deliberately withheld the second indictment from consideration by the jury.

The only way to correct investigate whether the grand jury's decision is severely tainted by misconduct would be to give the defendants' access to the record. Read the whole story in the Post's article on the case. It is eye-opening. Here's a gift like:

https://wapo.st/4iqFZzH