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First Report Saturday: Two former FBI officials were charged Friday with making false statements to Congress about the Hunter Biden laptop probe.
Today: Judge rejects DOJ's new complaint against ex-FBI officials
DIFFERENT FOCUS
CNBC Politics and New Republic emphasized DOJ Procedural Overreach
LEFT FOCUS
- ▸Floris' lawyers filed a motion arguing the new complaint was legally deficient and filed in bad faith. — CNBC Politics
- ▸Faruqui said he did not believe prosecutors had previously sought to file a criminal complaint without a judge's signature. — CNBC Politics
- ▸Faruqui told prosecutors: "Why today, on this one case, have you changed the entire history of how you charge cases?" — New Republic
- ▸Floris ran the intelligence division at the Washington field office; Benavides was a former deputy assistant director for counterintelligence. — New Republic
RIGHT FOCUS
- ▸Fox described the ruling as Faruqui "tossing" the DOJ obstruction charges, framing the judge as acting against prosecutors. — Fox News Politics