By Andrew Goudsward and Sarah N. Lynch

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) -Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey will renew their attempts to get a criminal case against him tossed out on Wednesday, arguing that President Donald Trump’s personal animosity improperly motivated the prosecution.

The hearing before U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff in Alexandria, Virginia will test whether Trump’s public calls for prosecuting perceived political enemies could derail the Justice Department’s cases against his targets.

Nachmanoff is expected to weigh Trump’s influence on prosecutors as he considers Comey’s argument that the case is an improper “vindictive” prosecution brought solely to punish Comey for his criticism of Trump.

Comey is one of three longtime Trump adversaries who have b

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