Washington • Former FBI Director James Comey is asking a federal judge to quash a subpoena demanding he testify before the House Judiciary and Oversight committees next month and postpone the testimony until that request can be ruled on, court filings show.
In a strident court filing, lawyers for Comey wrote that the former FBI director was fighting the committee's bid to force him to testify "not to avoid giving testimony but to prevent the Joint Committee from using the pretext of a closed interview to peddle a distorted, partisan political narrative about the Clinton and Russian investigations.