On the Insider docket:

– Former FBI Director Jim Comey’s motions to dismiss his criminal charges on the grounds of selective and vindictive prosecution, and unlawful appointment of interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan; and

– Former National Security Adviser John Bolton’s indictment on eight counts of transmitting national defense information and ten counts of retention of national defense information.

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