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Sam Levine

Judge blocks Trump prosecutors from accessing key evidence in Comey case

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James Comey speaks on stage with MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace at 92NY on 30 May 2023 in New York City. Photograph: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images

A federal judge has temporarily blocked prosecutors from accessing materials from a key ally of James Comey on Saturday, making the already uphill criminal case against the former FBI director even more difficult.

Daniel Richman, a Columbia University law school professor who has also represented Comey as an attorney, sued the government in November, saying that the government had unlawfully accessed materials from his computer as they charged Comey with lying to Congress. Richman is a close friend of Comey who worked at the FBI.

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