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[Mr. Bumble]

Good night.

[not guilty]

The final paragraph of Judge Cameron McGowan Currie's order dismissing the indictment of James Comey because Lindsey Hooligan was improperly appointed states:

The power to appoint an interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 546 during the current vacancy lies with the district court until a U.S. Attorney is nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate under 28 U.S.C. § 541.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.582135/gov.uscourts.vaed.582135.213.0.pdf

That opens the door for the judges in the Eastern District of Virginia to fill the vacancy. I surmise that they are likely to appoint an interim U. S. Attorney who will not be subservient to the Trump administration.

That should affect the course of future decisions regarding further efforts to prosecute Comey in Alexandria and Letitia James in Norfolk. The successor prosecutor could decide to proceed no further.

As Groucho Marx said, time wounds all heels.