Federal prosecutors have launched a new move against indicted former FBI chief James Comey in an attempt to have his defense attorney booted off his case.

Patrick Fitzgerald, whose record as a lawyer includes investigating the Valerie Plame affair and indicting Osama Bin Laden, is representing Comey against charges of lying to a Senate Committee about media leaks on the FBI’s investigations into Russian interference to help Donald Trump in the 2016 election.

The Justice Department’s lawyers argued in a filing Sunday that Fitzgerald may have a conflict of interest in the case because of his alleged role in facilitating media briefings by Comey, Politico reports. “Based on publicly disclosed information, the defendant used current lead defense counsel to improperly disclose classified info

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