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Judge tosses new charges against ex-FBI officials in Hunter Biden case and criticizes DOJ

Washington — A federal magistrate judge on Tuesday rejected the Justice Department's 11th-hour attempt to file new criminal charges against two former FBI counterintelligence officials, saying prosecutors could not take that step without judicial review first. In a tense exchange, Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia expressed shock and anger at the Justice Department for filing an unsworn and unsigned superseding complaint against the two FBI offi