Federal judge strikes down DOJ's midnight filing in case against former FBI officials
Magistrate says unsigned complaint broke court practice; original false-statements charges remain
A federal judge on Tuesday struck from the record an amended criminal complaint that the Justice Department filed in the middle of the night against two former FBI officials, scolding prosecutors for bypassing standard probable-cause review. The original case accusing Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides of making false statements about their knowledge of Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop remains intact for now.