The lead defense attorney of former FBI Director James Comey could be removed from representing Comey in his upcoming federal criminal trial if prosecutors get their way.

Lawyers filed a motion on Sunday night claiming that Patrick Fitzgerald, Comey’s attorney, could have a conflict of interest resulting from previous actions in which he allegedly helped leak the former FBI director’s memos to the media in 2017.

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Comey was indicted by a grand jury in Sept. 2025 on two charges: one count of making false statements and one count of obstru

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