The case against former FBI Director James Comey is a genuine bid to hold a public official accountable for wrongdoing — and not an extension of President Trump’s grudges, federal prosecutors argued Monday.

Attorneys for Comey, 64, had moved Oct. 20 to dismiss charges of lying to Congress and obstruction of justice, arguing Trump had targeted the former FBi boss for refusing to quash the long-running “Russiagate” investigation that overshadowed much of the 45th presidency.

But the Justice Department insisted in a 48-page filing in Alexandria, Va., federal court that “[t]he societal interests in this prosecution are readily apparent and overwhelming.

“The defendant is a former FBI Director who lied to Congress about his conduct while at the helm of the Nation’s primary federal law-en

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