WASHINGTON >> The Justice Department told a federal judge today that the final indictment against former FBI Director James Comey was never shown to the full grand jury.

U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff questioned federal prosecutors during a hearing about the unusual circumstances when Comey was indicted in September over allegations that he lied to Congress.

Comey, who was fired by President Donald Trump in 2017 and has since been an adversary, has been seeking the dismissal of federal charges related to testimony he gave in 2020. He is one of several of Trump’s perceived foes to have been investigated or indicted recently.

One of the lead prosecutors, Nathaniel Lemons, acknowledged in court today that the final indictment with the two counts was never officially presented to th

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