Former FBI Director James Comey faces federal charges as DOJ disputes his selective prosecution claims ahead of January 2026 trial date.
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TheDepartmentofJusticeonMondayurgedafederalcourttorejectformerFBIDirectorJamesComey’sbidtodismisshiscase,arguingthathisclaimsofselectiveprosecutionareunfounded.
TheDOJ,inits48-pagefiling,alsodeniedthatPresidentDonaldTrump’sSeptemberTruthSocialpostcallingonU.S.AttorneyGeneralPamBonditoprosecuteprominentpoliticaladversaries,includingComey,Sen.AdamSchiff,D-Calif.,andNewYorkAttorneyGeneralLetitiaJames,hadanyinfluenceonthedecisiontobringcharges.
“ThesepostsreflectthePresident’sviewthatthedefendanthascommittedcrimesthatshouldbemetwithprosecution.TheymayevensuggestthatthePresidentdisfavorsthedefendant.Buttheyarenotdirectevidenceofavindictivemotive,”prosecutorsargued.
“Thedefendantspinsatalethatrequiresleapsoflogicandabigdoseofcynicism,thenhecallsthePresident’spostadirectadmission,”theycontinued.“Thereisnodirectadmissionofdiscriminator
