"The concession risked further imperiling a politically charged prosecution already subject to multiple challenges and demands for its dismissal. It came during a hearing in which Comey's lawyers asked U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff to throw out the case on grounds that the government was being vindictive. A separate challenge to Lindsey Halligan, the hastily appointed and inexperienced prosecutor who secured the indictment, is pending."
"The revelation that the full grand jury did not review a copy of the final indictment in the case is the latest indication of the Justice Department's seemingly disjointed pursuit of criminal charges against Comey. He was fired by President Donald Trump in May 2017 while overseeing an FBI investigation into potential ties between Russia and Trump's 2016 campaign. The two have been publicly at odds ever since, with Trump deriding Comey as "a weak and untruthful slime ball" and calling for his prosecution."
The Justice Department acknowledged a possible lapse in how the case against former FBI Director James Comey was presented to a federal grand jury, including that the full grand jury did not review a copy of the final indictment. Comey's lawyers asked a judge to dismiss the case alleging government vindictiveness, and a separate challenge targets prosecutor Lindsey Halligan. A different judge raised concerns about investigative missteps, misstatements of law, and a potential breach of attorney-client privilege. Halligan initially sought a three-count indictment; after one count was rejected she secured a two-count indictment alleging a false statement and obstruction of Congress related to testimony about authorizing an anonymous source. Comey has pleaded not guilty.
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