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Comey's legal team filed papers saying the government distorted evidence in the bizarre 'seashell case.' The sole witness testimony reportedly sank the government's central allegation.
Comey's legal team filed court documents showing the government's case fell apart under scrutiny. The sole witness testimony that the prosecution relied on to support its central allegation didn't hold up, and Comey's attorneys demonstrated the government had distorted evidence. The specifics of what prosecutors claimed versus what actually happened diverged enough that a judge found the government's version untenable.
This is a straightforward case collapse, not a close call. When a government's entire case rests on one witness and that witness's testimony doesn't survive cross-examination, there's no foundation left. The fact that prosecutors also twisted evidence makes this look less like a weak case and more like a case that shouldn't have been brought.
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