WASHINGTON — James Comey is arguing the criminal case against him for allegedly lying to Congress should be tossed out on the grounds that Sen. Ted Cruz’s questioning of him was too long and confusing — and the former FBI director’s answer was true regardless.

Attorneys for Comey, 64, claimed his congressional testimony that he didn’t approve leaks to the media about his investigation of President Trump wasn’t a lie — and that the comments were made after the Texas Republican senator’s allegedly rambling question.

“The indictment conspicuously omits the lengthy, confusing questions that prompted Mr. Comey’s testimony,” the lawyers wrote in documents filed Thursday in an Alexandria, Va., court, which quoted from a Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 30, 2020.

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