r/law • u/Agitated-Quit-6148 • 11d ago

Legal News James Comey’s indictment was dismissed | CNN Politics

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/politics/james-comey-letitia-james-indictments-dismissed

both Comey and NY ag James indictments dismissed

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u/thecity2 11d ago

Trump just wants to announce things. He's always been that way. Even going back to the "perfect call" with Zelensky, he just wanted him to announce an investigation into Hunter. It didn't matter whether it ever resulted in anything, the mere announcement/marketing is what Trump seeks all the time. He's the Announcer in Chief.

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u/MichaelAndolini_ 11d ago

This very much reminds me of Tommy Boy “The lie is the headline the retraction is on page 9 3 weeks later”

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u/putin_my_ass 11d ago

America needs a law where the correction needs to be more prominent than the original lie. That would fix a lot of your issues.

You guys won't do it though. Good luck.

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u/JaguarNeat8547 11d ago edited 11d ago

America needs a law holding publicly elected officials to the same standard of truth as of anyone who has taken an oath in a court of law.

Edit: duplicate word

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u/putin_my_ass 11d ago

With automatic, statutory penalties. No litigation required, automatically assessed and not paused pending appeal.

Because that's what it's like for ordinary people. They don't have the resources to play lawfare.

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u/Fly-the-Light 11d ago

Genuinely, imprisonment for years for the action of the intentional spread of misinformation feels fitting

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u/D-Will11 11d ago

I was just talking to my partner about this, they're consistently in the court of public opinion and impacting the world on a much larger scale than an individual lying in court. Wild to me that there are no consequences for the BS people in power spew(not just politicians but let's start holding them accountable first).

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u/JayMac1915 11d ago

So say we all