Embattled former FBI Director James Comey demanded his case be dismissed Friday, arguing that “fundamental errors” were made in the “reckless and ill-conceived” attempt to prosecute him for allegedly lying to Congress and obstructing justice.

Comey, in a 29–page filing in an Alexandria, Va., federal court, cited alleged grand jury rule and Fifth Amendment violations by interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan in his bid to dismiss the Sept. 25 indictment against him.

“Those errors reflect the reckless and ill-conceived nature of this prosecution: A president intent on prosecuting Mr. Comey before the statute of limitations expired directed the appointment of a White House aide, Lindsey Halligan, as interim U.S. Attorney, and she then rushed to secure an indictment while flagrantly violati

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