James Comey filed his motion to dismiss the criminal charges against him based on “vindictive” and “selective” prosecution.

Former FBI Director James Comey is asking a federal court in Virginia to dismiss the indictment brought against him by a former Trump aide who was recently installed to lead a prosecutor's office in the state.

Comey's lawyers asked the judge overseeing his case to dismiss his case for vindictive, selective prosecution — and to invalidate the head prosecutor who brought the case against him.

The government has singled out Mr. Comey for prosecution because of his protected speech and because of President Trump’s personal animus,’ Comey’s lawyers wrote

A procedural dispute in the federal prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey has underscored the difficult path facing the government’s lead prosecutor, Lindsey Halligan, a recently appointed U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.

(THE CONVERSATION) Soon after President Donald Trump demanded in a social media post that the Department of Justice prosecute his perceived enemy, former FBI director James Comey, Comey was indicted on Sept. 25, 2025, for lying to a Congressional committee in 2020.

Former FBI Director James Comey launched two efforts Monday to have the federal charges he faces for allegedly lying during congressional testimony thrown out: one that claims his case is the result of a personal vendetta by Trump,

Ex-FBI Director James Comey faces federal charges, but prosecutors investigating him determined that a central witness in the case would prove "problematic," sources say.

On one side is the Trump administration, and on the other there is the former head of the FBI James Comey and his attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, who is one of Chicago’s most legendary crimefighters.