Former FBI Director James Comey is asking a federal judge to dismiss the Justice Department’s indictment of him, based on the idea that the Trump administration brought a vindictive and selective prosecution, along with using an illegally appointed prosecutor.
Two motions filed on Oct. 20 showed Comey and his attorneys alleging that Trump reached for a case against one of his political foes after multiple investigations, and the motions stated that prosecutors previouly said there wasn’t enough evidence.
In allegedly doing so, Comey argued, the Trump administration violated multiple aspects of the Constitution, including the Due Process and Appointments Clauses….