Judge who apologized to accused would-be Trump assassin lights up DOJ in Hunter Biden FBI case

What happened: U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui rebuked the Justice Department for filing an unsigned, unsworn superseding complaint against former FBI officials Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides without judicial approval, and rejected the filing. Why it matters: Faruqui allowed the preliminary hearing to proceed on the original allegations that the two lied to Congress. Floris' lawyers argued the timing and content of the charges were meant to engineer publicity and delay her right to challenge them.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui rebuked the Justice Department for filing an unsigned, unsworn superseding complaint against former FBI officials Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides without judicial approval, and rejected the filing.

Faruqui allowed the preliminary hearing to proceed on the original allegations that the two lied to Congress. Floris' lawyers argued the timing and content of the charges were meant to engineer publicity and delay her right to challenge them.