A federal magistrate judge on Monday raised the possibility that the indictment against former FBI Director James Comey on charges of lying to Congress — which was obtained at the behest of President Donald Trump — could soon be dismissed because of potential "misconduct" by the prosecution.

The suggestion by Judge William Fitzpatrick came as he ordered the Department of Justice to release all grand jury material related to Comey's case to him by the end of the day.

Comey's defense lawyers had requested that material in order to move that the indictment be tossed based on alleged irregularities by interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan when she presented the case to the grand jury and asked it to charge him.

Halligan later Monday filed a motion seeking to stay Fitzpatrick's orde

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