U.S. District Judge hearing the motion
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Lawyers for the former FBI director say prosecutors missed the 10-year filing deadline in the newest case against him. The hearing tests whether the Justice Department is using shortcuts against Trump's critics.
A federal judge in Washington scheduled jury selection for Sept. 7, 2027, in the case against Cole Tomas Allen, who is charged with trying to kill President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. The date is later than prosecutors wanted.
Prosecutors filed a criminal information accusing the former FBI director of transmitting national defense information in 2016. Comey says he is 'still innocent,' and a former Justice Department inspector general calls the filing an attempt to keep alive a case that 'deserved to die 9 years ago.'
