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Federal judge hits DOJ for 'indict first, investigate later' approach in court hearing

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A federal judge criticized the Justice Department for allegedly being too quick to indict in high-profile cases on Wednesday.Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick of the Eastern District of Virginia made the comments during a brief hearing regarding the case against former FBI Director James Comey."Right now, we are in a bit of a feeling of indict first, investigate later," Fitzpatrick said in the hearing, which lasted less than an hour.Fitzpatrick questioned prosecutors about their handling of data acquired from a number of search warrants between 2019 and 2020, information which is now being...

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