Former FBI Director James Comey asked a federal judge to dismiss the Justice Department’s case against him, claiming he was the victim of a “vindictive” prosecution.
Last week, Comey pleaded not guilty to charges linked to his 2020 congressional testimony about the bureau’s investigation into Russian ties to President Trump’s 2016 campaign.
Comey is accused of falsely claiming during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee that he did not authorize a leak to news media about the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton and the Trump-Russia probe.
In his motion to dismiss, he said that he has committed no crimes and is being targeted because of his criticism of President Donald Trump.
“The government has singled out Mr. Comey for prosecution because of his protected speech and because of President Trump’s personal animus toward Mr. Comey. Such a vindictive and selective prosecution violates the First Amendment, Due Process Clause, and equal protection principles. The proper remedy for this unconstitutional prosecution is dismissal with prejudice,” his legal team wrote.
Comey’s motion to dismiss alleges that the indictment “presents an inaccurate description of the testimony at the heart of this case.” His motion also cited Trump’s Truth Social posts about Comey before and after the indictment, including one on September 25 in which Trump celebrated the charges.
“JUSTICE IN AMERICA! One of the worst human beings this Country has ever been exposed to is James Comey, the former Corrupt Head of the FBI. Today he was indicted by a Grand Jury on two felony counts for various illegal and unlawful acts. He has been so bad for our Country, for so long, and is now at the beginning of being held responsible for his crimes against our Nation,” Trump wrote.
A trial date has been set for January 5.
Former national security adviser John Bolton was also recently indicted on 18 criminal charges that accuse him of mishandling classified materials. (RELATED: Federal Prosecutors Indict Former Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton)
Prosecutors allege that, beginning in April 2018 until at least August this year, Bolton “abused his position” as national security adviser to share more than a thousand pages of information about his daily activities in the role with two unauthorized individuals, both of whom were “related” to him and never held security clearances.
The Hill reports:
The information included details classified as top secret and related to the national defense and was sent to the individuals in “diary-like entries” through non-governmental messaging apps and email accounts, according to the 26-page indictment.
“At no point did Bolton have authorization to store or transmit the classified information that he sent to Individuals 1 and 2 via his personal electronic devices and accounts,” the charging papers read. “Nor did, at any time, individuals 1 and 2 have authorization to know or store the classified information that Bolton gave to them.”
Bolton surrendered himself the day after the indictment and pleaded not guilty.
Your headline “Comey Makes Creative Move To Dodge The Law — Again!” would have been more accurate if the name Comey was replaced with Trump.
No prosecute him add more charges
Fred, you are an idiot.
WHY…YOU WERE A TRAITOR…