ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal judge in the criminal case against James Comey scolded prosecutors in a tense court hearing Wednesday — and demanded that they hand over evidence “immediately” to attorneys for the ex-FBI director, who is charged with lying to Congress about leaking investigative information to media.

US Magistrate Judge William E. Fitzpatrick heard arguments inside the northern Virginia courtroom for roughly an hour, pressing prosecutors on the scope of the evidence already obtained, and whether any of it may have infringed on Comey’s attorney-client privilege.

At issue were three search warrants executed by the FBI in 2019 and 2020 as part of the bureau’s Arctic Haze probe into how classified information from the bureau was leaked to news outlets.

Defense attorney Rebekah

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