Free speech group calls foul play at prosecutors using Comey novel in case against him

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: headlines · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 16:32:12 GMT

PEN America condemns lawyers using passage from thriller to bolster claim ex-FBI director intended to harm TrumpA leading US free-expression group has hit out at federal prosecutors’ use of a novel written by former FBI director James Comey in their case accusing him of threatening to kill Donald Trump.“Citing a novel to save an indictment that is constitutionally dubious is a desperate Hail Mary and should be rejected,” said a statement posted on Friday by Mara Gassmann, legal director of PEN America, using a term for a last-second heave in American football. Continue reading...

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