In Comey news:

A federal magistrate judge on Monday raised the possibility that the criminal indictment against former FBI director James Comey on charges of lying to Congress — which was obtained at the behest of President Donald Trump — could soon be dismissed.

The suggestion by Judge William Fitzpatrick came as he ordered the Department of Justice to release all grand jury material related to Comey’s case to him by the end of the day.

Comey’s defense lawyers had requested that material in order to request the indictment be tossed based on alleged irregularities by interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan when she presented the case to the grand jury and asked it to charge him.

Fitzpatrick said Halligan had potentially violated court orders and Comey’s Fourth Amendment rights, which “establish a reasonable basis to question whether the government’s conduct was willful or in reckless disregard of the law.”

Any bets? Do we think it’s unlikely that Trump’s minions bungled?

Hahahahahaha what a silly question.

The judge said he “is finding that the government’s actions in this case — whether purposeful, reckless or negligent — raise genuine issues of misconduct.”

The judge said that he recognized that ordering the DOJ to release to Comey all material related to the grand jury that indicted him, as well as an audio recording of the proceedings, is “an extraordinary remedy.”

“But given the factually based challenges the defense has raised to the government’s conduct and the prospect that government misconduct may have tainted the grand jury proceedings, disclosure of grand jury materials under these unique circumstances is necessary to fully protect the rights of the accused,” Fitzpatrick wrote.

We await developments.