George Conway: Comey indictment 'invalid'

Conservative attorney George Conway on Wednesday argued the indictment of ex-FBI Director James Comey is “invalid” due to the absence of a required signature.

Lindsey Halligan, interim U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, was assigned to oversee the case and originally signed the indictment documents, but Conway says the law doesn’t allow for her to retroactively bring charges against Comey. 

“I mean, there’s another method by which they could put in an acting U.S. attorney, but that person has to be already Senate-confirmed and already in the Justice Department. And Lindsey Halligan was neither. She was working as a hack in the White House,” Conway said during an appearance on MSNBC’s “All In with Chris Hayes.”

“So, she has basically no authority. She’s not the U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, and no one else. We saw her signature on that indictment. No one else signed that indictment, which means that it is invalid,” he added. 

Conway said because no other “valid” attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia’s U.S. Attorney’s office signed the indictment, and the statute of limitations expired, “this case is over.”

“So Comey’s home free. This case should be done,” he told host Chris Hayes.

Comey’s indictment has been widely debated among political pundits as a means for the Trump administration to legally entangle its perceived enemies. 

The former FBI director was tasked with overseeing the Russiagate investigation, which involved an intense probe the dealings of President Trump and his campaign during the 2016 election. 

Halligan, who has no prosecutorial experience and formerly served at Trump’s personal lawyer, was assigned to oversee the case against Comey following her predecessor’s refusal to bring charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James (D).