Former FBI Director James Comey asked a federal judge Monday to dismiss the Justice Department’s criminal case against him, arguing it’s a “vindictive and selective prosecution” and US Attorney Lindsey Halligan was appointed unlawfully.

Comey, 64, is facing federal charges of lying to Congress and obstruction of justice stemming from the long-running FBI probe into alleged collusion between President Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and Russian officials. He has pleaded not guilty to both.

But his lawyerrs claimed his proseuction is purely personal.

“[T]he government has singled out Mr. Comey for prosecution because of his protected speech and because of President Trump’s personal animus toward Mr. Comey,” the ex-FBI director’s attorneys wrote in a motion to District Judge Michael

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