DOJ Questions Comey Lawyer Over Classified Allegations | JQJO

Justice Department prosecutors moved to question whether James Comey’s lead lawyer, Patrick Fitzgerald, can continue on the case, citing a potential conflict tied to alleged 2017 leaks of classified material. Comey’s team called the claim “provably false” and an “effort to defame.” A filing says “quarantined” evidence includes communications between the two. Fitzgerald pointed to a DOJ inspector general report finding no evidence Comey or his attorneys released classified information, and noted Comey’s seven Trump memos were unclassified when shared. CNN analyst Elie Honig warned a lawyer-witness overlap is “a dicey situation.” Comey was fired May 9, 2017.

Congressional candidate Brad Lander, running for New York’s tenth district, posted on X that he was detained by the Israel Defense Forces while helping harvest olives in the occupied West Bank. He said he and a group of rabbis and volunteers were simply picking fruit. Lander, a former New York City comptroller, said the occupation is a crime under international law and that harvesting olives is lawful. The IDF has not yet responded to a request for comment.

The Federal Aviation Administration announced Tuesday that it has certified Boeing’s 737‑MAX 10, the company’s largest single‑aisle jet. The certification removes a major regulatory hurdle and allows Boeing to begin delivering the aircraft to airlines in the coming months. The MAX 10 has already attracted 1,555 orders from more than 30 customers worldwide, representing about one‑third of Boeing’s total 737‑MAX order book of 7,350 aircraft. Boeing said the jet can seat up to 230 passengers, with typical two‑class configurations of 185 to 210 seats, and offers a range of up to 3,100 nautical miles. The certification followed nearly 1,000 test flights, over 2,000 flight hours and 1,000 hours of ground testing, and includes safety upgrades such as an updated flight‑control system and an enhanced angle‑of‑attack sensor. Boeing’s president and CEO, Stephanie Pope, said the MAX 10 “offers greater capacity, longer range and the best seat economics in its class.”

Disney+ and Hulu have greenlit a reboot of Ryan Murphy’s musical dramedy series ‘Glee’. The original show ran on Fox from 2009 to 2015, following a group of show‑choir members from Lima, Ohio, and tackling topics such as sexuality, race, disability and mental health. The reboot will be produced by 20th Television and will air on both platforms. Murphy said he has written a new script with Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan and that he has spoken with about ten original cast members, all of whom were enthusiastic. While the cast and details remain unannounced, several original stars are expected to return. The series remains popular today, with its music averaging 4.1 million monthly listeners on Spotify. The original cast included Lea Michelle, Cory Monteith, Matthew Morrison, Jane Lynch, Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Darren Criss, Amber Riley, Naya Rivera, Heather Morris, Kevin McHale, Jenna Ushkowitz, Harry Shum Jr., Chord Overstreet and Mark Salling. Naya Rivera died in 2020 at age 33.

The Orionid meteor shower will peak at two p.m. ET Wednesday, with best viewing between midnight and dawn Wednesday and Thursday. A bright waxing gibbous moon, 76 percent illuminated, will set a few hours before sunrise, allowing up to twenty meteors per hour to be seen. Orionids travel at forty‑one miles per second, producing luminous fireballs. The shower occurs each October as Earth crosses Halley’s comet debris trail, which completes an orbit every seventy‑six years.