Former FBI Director James Comey on Monday asked a federal judge to dismiss his criminal case, arguing that he is being vindictively prosecuted because of President Donald Trump’s animus toward him.
Comey, in a pair of motions for dismissal filed in federal court in eastern Virginia, also argued that the indictment against him is fatally flawed because his prosecutor, interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan, was appointed unlawfully.
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U.S. President Donald Trump linked his aggressive stance on Greenland to last year’s decision not to award him the Nobel Peace Prize, telling Norway’s prime minister that he no longer felt “an obligation to think purely of Peace,” two European officials said Monday. Trump’s message to Jonas Gahr Støre appears to ratchet up a standoff […]
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U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on August 15, 2025 in Anchorage, Alaska. Contributor | Getty Images News | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin has received an invitation to join the U.S.’ “Board of Peace” for Gaza, the Kremlin said Monday. Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow […]
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