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Lawyers for former FBI director James Comey asked a federal judge Monday to dismiss his criminal case on the grounds of “vindictive and selective” prosecution, citing what they argued in a new filing is a record of “ample objective evidence” that they argued should suffice to dismiss his case “with prejudice.”

Comey’s lawyers used the more than 50-page filing to tick through a lengthy timeline of the strained relationship between Trump and his former FBI director, whom Trump fired during his first term, in 2017 — less than halfway through his 10-year tenure as FBI director — as well as Trump’s public attacks and criticisms of Comey.

They also noted that much of the damning information has come from Trump himself, or other administration offici

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