Defense seeks dismissal of Comey case
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Former FBI director James B. Comey is asking a judge to dismiss his case on grounds that the U.S. attorney overseeing it was illegally appointed.
Lawyers for James Comey are asking a judge to dismiss the case against him, arguing prosecutors engaged in "flagrant misconduct" when securing their indictment.
In addition to calling the case an illegal “vindictive” prosecution, the former FBI director said the prosecutor who brought the case had no authority to do so.
U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff noted that the government previously failed to raise an issue it suddenly chose to press.
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Comey’s lawyers say case against him is driven by Trump’s ‘personal animus’ and must be thrown out
Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey are urging a judge to dismiss the case against him. In court papers Monday, they called it a vindictive prosecution motivated by “personal animus” and orche
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