AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Comey defense alleges DOJ consulted mob hitman Sammy Gravano to build threat case
James Comey's defense team claims federal prosecutors turned to a confessed killer from the Gambino crime family for help interpreting an Instagram post, and that the government's own witnesses undercut its case. Lawyers for the former FBI director filed two sweeping motions in federal court on Tuesday, alleging that the Department of Justice interviewed gangster […] The post Comey defense alleges DOJ consulted mob hitman Sammy Gravano to build threat case appeared first on American Almanac .
James Comey's defense team claims federal prosecutors turned to a confessed killer from the Gambino crime family for help interpreting an Instagram post, and that the government's own witnesses undercut its case. Lawyers for the former FBI director filed two sweeping motions in federal court on Tuesday, alleging that the Department of Justice interviewed gangster Sammy "The Bull" Gravano less than a month after Comey's April indictment and that agents misled judges when seeking search warrants for his electronic accounts. The filings ask the court to suppress evidence seized from Apple and Google and to dismiss the case outright on grounds of vindictive and selective prosecution. The motions land the most detailed public account yet of…Open