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

Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui dismissed Department of Justice obstruction charges against former FBI officials Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides. The judge criticized prosecutors for filing unsigned complaints at midnight regarding allegations that the agents lied to Congress during the Hunter Biden laptop investigation. Faruqui refused to approve the superseding complaint, stating that prosecutors must first establish probable cause before adding new criminal charges against the former intelligence analyst and deputy assistant director of counterintelligence.