Comey's lawyers said in a filing that errors in the grand jury process "reflect the reckless and ill-conceived nature of this prosecution."

The request to dismiss the case came after Lindsey Halligan acknowledged she had never shown a final version of the indictment to the entire grand jury for a vote.

The judge also appeared puzzled after a lead prosecutor said he couldn’t reveal whether career attorneys initially recommended against charging the former FBI director.

The DOJ has until 5 p.m. EST to submit a response to the federal court in the case against James Comey regarding a potential indictment error.

Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan is facing a new humiliation over her prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey. It was revealed in court that the grand jury never saw the final indictment against Comey.

James Comey will appear before a federal judge in Virginia on Wednesday as his attorneys argue that the former FBI director is facing a “selective and vindictive” prosecution by the Trump administrati

The Sept. 25 grand jury transcript “conclusively refutes” that there was an issue with the voting process, prosecutors said.

It’s been plain from the start that the Justice Department’s prosecution of James Comey springs from Donald Trump’s desire for payback against a bitter political enemy. Exhibit A: the president’s own September 20,