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Judge dismisses cases against Comey and James

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A federal judge dismissed the criminal indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James after finding the prosecutor who brought the cases was not lawfully appointed. The case is a major loss for President Trump, who publicly pressured Attorney General Bondi to charge Comey and James.



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Savewith a NBCUniversal ProfileCreate your free profile or log in to save this articleNov. 24, 2025, 1:39 PM ESTBy Erika Edwards and Kaan OzcanThe flu has started spreading earlier than usual in some parts of the country, prompting concerns that cases could soon erupt as millions of Americans travel and gather for Thanksgiving and other upcoming holidays.The warning signs come as a form of the virus, called H3N2 subclade K, has set off massive outbreaks in Canada and the U.K.Dr. Cameron Wolfe, an infectious disease specialist at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina, said he’s noted a sharp increase in flu cases over the past few weeks. “Typically, I might see one or two cases a week at this point,” Wolfe said. “At the moment, we’ve had two, three, four per day coming in.” Alicia Budd, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s domestic influenza surveillance team, said: “We certainly do expect we’re going to see influenza activity increasing over the next several weeks.” The majority of flu circulating so far this season in the U.S. is the H3N2 strain, according to the CDC. H3N2 flus tend to cause more hospitalizations and deaths in older adults.An early uptick in cases, Wolfe said, can create unique risks for this age group. “If you’re seeing a really early flu season, you run the risk that some nursing homes may not have finished their vaccine deployments. Maybe a hospital hasn’t fully vaccinated its staff,” Wolfe said. “The community in general may not be as protected as it might have been if a virus turns up in January, for example.”While flu activity is considered low overall, the CDC’s latest flu report shows cases are on the rise. The agency estimates that at least 650,000 people have had the flu so far this season. Around 7,400 people have been hospitalized and 300 have died, according to the report.The uptick in cases and emergency room visits are occurring mostly in children, Budd said. Last year, 280 children in the U.S. died from the flu. It was the deadliest flu season ever recorded for children, aside from the 2009-10 H1N1 pandemic. No pediatric deaths have been reported so far this season. Still, the early rise in flu activity is unsettling for doctors who spent last winter watching the virus sweep through schools, day cares and, consequently, hospitals.“It feels like the calm before the storm,” said Dr. Buddy Creech, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. “We may have a difficult influenza year.”The H3N2 strain is known for its ability to mutate easily. The subclade K form of the strain popped up over the summer with a handful of mutations. It emerged after the makeup of this season’s flu shots had been set. Budd, of the CDC, said the agency is studying how well the flu vaccine matches this latest flu strain. Still, she encouraged people to get the shot. The majority of flu circulating so far this year is an A strain, called H3N2, according to the CDC. H3N2 is known for its ability to mutate easily. This particular H3N2 variant, referred to as subclade K, popped up over the summer, after the makeup of this year’s flu shots had been set. It’s already caused massive outbreaks in Canada and the U.K.Budd, of the CDC, said the agency is studying how well the flu vaccine matches this latest flu strain. Still, she encouraged people to get the shot. “Even in years where the strain in the vaccine may not be as similar to the strains that we’re seeing circulating, we know that the vaccine can help prevent severity of illness,” Budd said. Doctors across the U.S. are closely monitoring increases in flu cases.“Does it turn on our antenna a little bit more? Yes,” said Dr. Daniel Varga, chief physician executive at Hackensack Meridian Health in New Jersey. “It makes us be even more vigilant at looking at the traditional monitoring we do locally.”Dr. Melanie Kitagawa, medical director of the pediatric intensive care unit at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, said it’s still not too late to get a flu shot. “The more people we can get vaccinated prior to the start of the flu season, the better it’s going to be,” Kitagawa said. Erika EdwardsErika Edwards is a health and medical news writer and reporter for NBC News and “TODAY.”Kaan OzcanKaan Ozcan is an intern with NBC News’ Health and Medical Unit. 
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Oct. 3, 2025, 8:33 PM EDTBy Gary Grumbach and Dareh GregorianA federal judge on Friday ordered a hearing into whether the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia was the result of a “vindictive” prosecution, finding there’s “some evidence” that it was.In his 16-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw in Tennessee noted that the investigation into Abrego was reopened shortly after he successfully challenged to the U.S. Supreme Court what the Trump administration acknowledged was his mistaken deportation to a prison in El Salvador.The investigation also came after numerous administration officials, including Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, repeatedly accused Abrego of being guilty of numerous crimes, and being a “gang member” and a “terrorist.” His lawyers and family members have repeatedly denied the claims.”Actual vindictiveness may be apparent based on the Executive Official Defendants’ and their subordinates’ statements about Abrego from the time he filed his Maryland lawsuit” challenging his deportation “through his arrest in this District,” the judge wrote.In his ruling granting Abrego’s request for a hearing on the vindictive prosecution claims, Crenshaw focused on comments that Bondi’s top deputy, Todd Blanche, made on Fox News the day of his June arrest on human trafficking charges, to which Abrego pleaded not guilty.”Strikingly, during a television interview Deputy Attorney General Blanche revealed that the government started ‘investigating’ Abrego after ‘a judge in Maryland . . . questioned’ the government’s decision, found that it ‘had no right to deport him,’ and ‘accus[ed] [the government] of doing something wrong,’” the judge wrote.“Deputy Attorney General Blanche’s remarkable statements,” Crenshaw wrote, “could directly establish that the motivations for Abrego’s criminal charges stem from his exercise of his constitutional and statutory rights to bring suit against the Executive Official Defendants, rather than a genuine desire to prosecute him for alleged criminal misconduct.”Watch: Kilmar Abrego Garcia reunites with family after release from federal custody01:13The judge, nominated to the bench by President Barack Obama, said Abrego’s claims also appear to be supported by the timing of the reopening of the criminal investigation, which had started as the result of a traffic stop in 2022 and was deemed to be closed in March of this year, before Abrego was deported. Abrego was released without charges after the 2022 stop.The investigation was reopened a week after Abrego’s win in the Supreme Court in April.”This timeline suggests that Abrego’s prosecution may stem from retaliation by the DOJ and DHS due to Abrego’s successful challenge of his unlawful deportation in Maryland,” the judge wrote.The judge ordered the government to turn over information and evidence being requested by Abrego and said he’ll hold a hearing after that.”After the parties conduct discovery, ‘[i]t may well be that no fire will be discovered under all the smoke[.]’ Indeed, the Government could produce evidence showing legitimate reasons for its prosecution of Abrego that are unrelated to his case in the District of Maryland,” he wrote.Representatives for the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment Friday.Abrego, a Salvadoran national who, according to his lawyers, entered the U.S. illegally when he was 16 years old to escape gang violence, is trying to get the criminal charges against him dismissed.He also made a bid to reopen his petition for asylum, but an immigration judge rejected the request in a ruling Thursday. He has 30 days to appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals.A different immigration judge had previously ruled in 2019 that he could not be deported to El Salvador, because he faced danger from a gang that targeted his family. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is seeking to deport him to Uganda or Eswatini.Gary GrumbachGary Grumbach is an NBC News legal affairs reporter, based in Washington, D.C.Dareh GregorianDareh Gregorian is a politics reporter for NBC News.Raquel Coronell Uribe contributed.
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