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A federal judge sharply criticized the Justice Department’s handling of its criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey on Wednesday, saying it appeared prosecutors had decided to “indict first” and “investigate later.”

Once hailed as the future of the Democratic Party, the mayor leaves the stage as the only New York mayor to be indicted while in office.

In 2005, his former chief of staff Lewis "Scooter" Libby was indicted on charges relating to the leaking of a CIA agent's identity to the press.

It comes after the pair were indicted on October 2 by a US federal grand jury in Florida on charges of mail and wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy, according to court documents.

A federal grand jury in New York indicted the quintet on Tuesday, each on a single felony count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances resulting in death, according to court documents filed in the U.S.