Donald Trump’s multiple public statements demanding the prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey delivered Comey’s defense team arguments to get the case thrown out.

Former federal prosecutor and Daily Beast guest columnist Shan Wu told The Daily Beast Podcast that the president’s public lust to prosecute Comey—which includes a Truth Social post addressed to Attorney General Pam Bondi demanding she prosecute the 64-year-old former FBI director—has poisoned his chances of securing the conviction he desperately wants.

“The main argument Comey’s people are probably going to make is selective prosecution, meaning he was picked out because he opposes Trump,” said Wu. “Probably not going to go all way to the [Supreme Court]. Usually that would be heard at the district court level, the t

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