"What we have here is a clear,
vindictive prosecution, a clear, selective prosecution. We have a president for the first time in history ordering his attorney general to indict his enemies. And the attorney general — instead of being the independent force that she’s supposed to be — saying, 'Yes, sir. How fast can I get that done for you?'
Cobb called out Bondi for proclaiming she supported evenhanded justice during her confirmation hearing — then proceeding with pursuing charges against Comey.
"This is not that," he lamented.
Cobb warned Trump's administration that they have a "weak case" against Comey, and could see it tossed for vindictive and selective prosecution.
"I think this is a very problematic case for the government to bring," he said. "But I think the way in which they brought it is problematic for the entire country. And this is either the end of the rule of law in America, or it’s a tipping point against the authoritarian activity that we’ve seen from this president and his attorney general."
"I mean, this is unprecedented. It’s what every law student is told is not possible. And what distinguishes us from dictatorships around the world — that... the executive leading the executive branch does not dictate to prosecutors who will and will not be charged. Now, you know, we’re seeing that."
Now of course trumpers will be like "but the DOJ went after trump during the Biden administration!" and will of course call it samesies. And of course trumpers wont be able to see the huge difference. That being that prosecutors recommended indicting trump due to having the evidence for the indictment. On the other hand, federal prosecutors literally told the AG that there was not evidence for an indictment. trump told Bondi to indict Comey anyways evidence of criminal wrongdoing or not.
Another big difference between the two is that trumps crime and prosectution had nothing to do with the President (Biden). That case was about using hush money to pay off a porn star. The Comey case directly involves the current president (trump). Its all stemming from the Russia investigation which had mucho to do with trump and his campaign.
Not to mention the fact that trump literally campaigned on using the justice department to go after his enemies.
