Lawyers for James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, sought on Thursday to dismiss the perjury and obstruction charges against him, arguing that federal prosecutors botched the indictment by misusing the grand jury process and by accusing him of telling a lie that he never actually told.
The motions, filed in Federal District Court in Alexandria, Va., added to the panoply of legal challenges that Mr. Comey’s defense team has already raised against the indictment. Mr. Comey, who has long been a critic of President Trump, was charged last month under extraordinary circumstances: after Mr. Trump ousted the career U.S. attorney who was reluctant to file a criminal case and installed an inexperienced loyalist in his place.
Last week, in their opening round of legal briefs, the lawyers argued that the Trump administration had brought the charg
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