ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A U.S. judge on Wednesday repeatedly questioned the validity of the grand jury indictment of former FBI Director James Comey secured by a prosecutor closely aligned with President Donald Trump in the latest signal that the charges may be dismissed before trial.

After repeated questioning by U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff, prosecutors acknowledged that the final version of the indictment was never presented to the entire grand jury that approved the charges after panel members previously rejected one of the proposed criminal counts.

Lawyers for Comey, one of three prominent critics of the Republican president indicted by Trump’s Justice Department in recent months, used a 90-minute hearing in Alexandria, Virginia, to argue for throwing out the indictment ahe

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