Dreeben, attorney for #JamesComey, urged the judge to dismiss the charges against his client on the argument that he's the victim of a "selective & vindictive" prosecution.
“This is an extraordinary case, & it merits an extraordinary remedy,” Dreeben, told U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff
Dreeben pointed to multiple statements from #Trump demanding that Comey be prosecuted.
He asked the judge to dismiss the case "with prejudice," meaning the charges could not be refiled.
In his first question of the day, Judge Nachmanoff asked #JamesComey atty Michael Dreeben if he was arguing the case was brought to punish Comey for using his #FreeSpeech rights or that #Trump was targeting Comey because of his personal animosity toward against him.
Dreeben told the judge it is both.
“The President’s hate or animosity or dislike of Mr. Comey” may be enough to initially fire Comey, Dreeben said, but not use the “full weight” of the criminal justice system against Comey.”