‘I’m still innocent,’ says Comey as Trump calls him a ‘dirty cop’ – US politics live

The Justice Department is pursuing a third attempt to prosecute former FBI director James Comey, this time over allegations that he disclosed sensitive national security material in 2016. Court papers unsealed Monday describe a charging document called a criminal information, which prosecutors say they filed to beat a 10-year time limit that was set to run out this month. Filed in federal court in Washington, it accuses Comey of transmitting, and conspiring to transmit, national defense information, and says he gave classified details to a New York Times reporter in October 2016. Comey's attorneys have already asked a judge to throw the case out as legally improper. In an Instagram video, Comey said the government was "back again" and insisted he remains innocent. Asked about him at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, President Donald Trump called him a dirty cop but said he knew little about the matter, according to The Guardian.

Elsewhere, Trump planned a Texas swing for midterm candidates, with rallies in Corpus Christi and Lubbock to bolster Senate hopeful Ken Paxton, who faces Democrat James Talarico in a close contest.

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