The lead defense attorney of former FBI Director James Comey could be removed from representing Comey in his upcoming federal criminal trial if prosecutors get their way.
Lawyers filed a motion on Sunday night claiming that Patrick Fitzgerald, Comey’s attorney, could have a conflict of interest resulting from previous actions in which he allegedly helped leak the former FBI director’s memos to the media in 2017.
Comey was indicted by a grand jury in Sept. 2025 on two charges: one count of making false statements and one count of obstruction of justice. His indictment stems from his remarks to the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2020 about the FBI’s role in the investigation of President Donald Trump and Russian collusion.
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