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By Andrew Goudsward and Sarah N. Lynch ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) -Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey renewed their bid to get federal criminal charges against him tossed out on Wednesday,
Lindsey Halligan, the U.S. attorney who brought charges against James Comey, told a judge that the full grand jury that indicted Comey did not see the indictment.
Former FBI Director James Comey will be in court Wednesday to argue that his indictment is selective prosecution because Trump ordered it as revenge.
Former Trump White House attorney Ty Cobb and NBC News Legal Affairs Reporter Gary Grumbach join Meet the Press NOW to explain the government’s misstep in the case against former FBI Director James Comey that could get it thrown out.
The judge also appeared puzzled after a lead prosecutor said he couldn’t reveal whether career attorneys initially recommended against charging the former FBI director.
The Justice Department engaged in a "disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps" in the process of securing an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, a federal judge ruled Monday in directing prosecutors to provide defense lawyers with all grand jury materials from the case.