前联邦调查局（FBI）局长詹姆斯·科米的法律团队计划于周五向华盛顿特区地方法官请求驳回司法部对其提起的第三起刑事诉讼 1。该案指控源于2016年10月《纽约时报》关于雅虎被秘密法院命令扫描邮件的报道泄露事件 1。司法部通过提交“刑事信息”而非经由大陪审团起诉的方式提起诉讼，此举意在延长追诉期限 1。负责审理此案的法官特雷弗·麦克法登由特朗普任命，预计将在周五听取双方辩论 1。
科米方面主张司法部的这一操作在法律上无效 1。该行动被视为特朗普政府在中期选举前夕针对政敌采取的政治化司法举措之一 1。此前，特别检察官约翰·达勒姆在2018年曾建议不就此次泄露事件提起刑事指控 1。此外，2019年至2020年间代号为“热带漩涡”（Tropical Vortex）的第二次调查也未提起诉讼便已结案 1。这并非科米首次面临此类法律挑战，此前已有两起针对他的案件：其中一起因检察官非法任命而被驳回，另一起涉及他在Instagram上发布照片暗示“清除第47任总统”（即“86 47”） 1。
Attorneys representing former FBI Director James Comey are scheduled to petition a federal judge on Friday to dismiss the third criminal case brought against him by the Department of Justice. 1 The defense argues that the prosecution’s method of initiating charges was legally invalid, specifically challenging the DOJ’s decision to bypass a grand jury indictment in favor of filing a "criminal information" to extend the statute of limitations for the alleged offense. 1 This legal maneuver is viewed as part of a broader pattern of politicized judicial actions by the Trump administration targeting political opponents ahead of midterm elections. 1
The underlying allegations stem from the leak of a 2016 New York Times report concerning secret court orders requiring Yahoo to scan user emails. 1 Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee serving in Washington, D.C., is expected to hear oral arguments on the motion this Friday. 1 Historical context provided by the defense highlights that Special Counsel John Durham had previously recommended against criminal charges regarding this specific leak in 2018. 1 Furthermore, a second investigation into the matter between 2019 and 2020, codenamed Tropical Vortex, concluded without any prosecutions being filed. 1
This attempt to quash the current case follows two prior legal battles involving Comey. 1 One previous case was dismissed after prosecutors were found to have been illegally appointed, while another involved Instagram photos allegedly implying an intent to remove the president, referred to with the code "86 47." 1
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