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Live from NPR News, I'm Jeanine Herbst. The White House is planning to appeal after a federal judge threw out cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. NPR's Daniel Kurtzleben reports. It's a major blow to the administration's attempts to prosecute two of its prominent critics.
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The judge ruled that Trump had not legally appointed Lindsey Halligan to the role of Acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. Halligan secured the indictments against Comey and James in that role. White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt today addressed the judge's decision.
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The Department of Justice will be appealing very soon, and it is our position that Lindsay Halligan is extremely qualified for this position, but more importantly, was legally appointed to it.
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Comey was indicted in September with charges of obstructing justice and making a false statement to the Senate. James was indicted on charges of bank fraud and false statements to a financial institution. Both have pleaded not guilty. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News.
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The Pentagon is investigating Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, a former combat pilot and NASA astronaut, for possible violations of military law after he and five other Democratic lawmakers told troops not to follow illegal orders. That's a basic tenet of military education. But President Trump called it treason, suggesting the death penalty. This as the Trump administration faces legal questions about the deployment of National Guard troops to cities, along with deadly airstrikes on boats suspected of drug smuggling in the Caribbean. President Trump touted big progress on peace talks to end the war on Ukraine ahead of a Thanksgiving deadline. But NPR's Franco Ordonez reports Trump's also cautioning his supporters not to believe it until you see it.
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President Trump said, quote, something good just may be happening. In a social media post this morning after receiving a report on the weekend talks in Geneva, a joint statement between the US and Ukraine was released stating that their original 28 point plan had been updated and refined. Both the United States and Ukraine say more work is needed and express cautious optimism about the direction. The early version included several measures that Ukraine has repeatedly rejected, including giving up territory it controls, shrinking its military and ruling out NATO membership. Franco Ordonez, NPR News.
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The White House traveling will be crowded this week. The FAA says it's expecting its biggest Thanksgiving rush in 15 years with around 18 million passengers and more than 360,000 flights scheduled. But not everyone will be flying. Triple A's Axa Diaz says millions will be driving.