The lawyer defending James Comey against charges he lied to Congress might need to be kicked off the case over his alleged involvement in the same media leaks during the first Trump administration that got the former FBI director in trouble in the first place, federal prosecutors said Sunday.

Comey, 64, hired former Chicago US Attorney and pal Patrick Fitzgerald in the criminal case mounted against him in the Eastern District of Virginia last month following calls from President Trump for his prosecution.

The feds are now claiming that since the former FBI boss allegedly used Fitzgerald as a go-between with the press to leak information that was later determined to be classified — it “raises a question of conflict and disqualification” for the veteran lawyer, their Oct. 19 filing all

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