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For background on what is happening here, see this thread
Judge Nachmanoff DENIED the appeal, finding that "Judge Fitzpatrick’s Order regarding the disclosure of the grand jury materials falls within the matter referred to him..." and remands the matter back to Fitzpatrick for further proceedings.
"The exact scope of the grand jury effort—which one of the individuals described as “special counsel oversight”—remains unclear."
I think it's worth providing some background on what's going on here, so I'll start there, but if you want to skip the background, go to post number [21] in this thread for a breakdown of what happened yesterday. 
I have a thread on the motion seeking grand jury materials here
Halligan's appointment is the basis of motions to dismiss in both the James Comey and Letitia James criminal cases. 
The filing says that Comey has asserted privilege (atty-client) over five text threads of communications between him and Person 3 from the indictment, Daniel Richman, who was counsel to Comey at the time of the communications.
"The record in this case raises a significant risk that irregularities in the grand jury process may have influenced the grand jury to return an indictment...
"Qatar [has invested] heavily in Western knowledge production and narrative control."
"after speaking for more than a minute, Senator Ted Cruz asked Mr. Comey to recall statements he had made three years earlier and to simultaneously address statements that Senator Cruz incorrectly claimed were made by Andrew McCabe, the former Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In doing so, Senator Cruz never indicated that he wanted Mr. Comey to address the statements or activities of any person except for Mr. McCabe."
In his order, notes that the "briefing on the government’s proposed filter protocol raises several legal questions that must be resolved before any protocol is authorized." 
The complaint alleged that JP Morgan "knowingly facilitated, sustained, and concealed the human trafficking network operated by Jeffrey Epstein" 
It's been a busy past 24 hours or so on the Comey docket, as five amici curiae briefs have been filed in support of Comey and his motions to dismiss.
A filter team is needed for a set of evidence that was seized per search warrant from one of Comey's attorneys as part of the Arctic Haze investigation.
"Mr. Comey expects to move to dismiss Count One based on a defense of literal truth." 
Nachmanoff also notes that DOJ has had years to address the issue it is now in a rush to resolve; the IG report as well as the Fitzgerald-Comey relationship and memo affair have been public knowledge since 2019; Fitzgerald didn't suddenly become Comey's defense counsel—he's been that since Sept 25
I predicted the former would be a "hefty" filing thanks to the many words Trump, Kash, and others in the administration have repeatedly uttered against Comey in interviews, rallies, and posted on social media. 
The attorney the evidence comes from has informed investigators that Patrick Fitzgerald is among the parties communicated with in the evidence. 
