A federal judge in Virginia on Monday warned prosecutors that their case against former FBI Director James Comey could be in jeopardy after he found the government's handling of the case raises "genuine issues of misconduct" that could result in dismissal of the charges.

In his ruling, Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick granted a request from Comey's lawyers, who had asked prosecutors to turn over grand jury materials from Comey's indictment. He acknowledged that his order was an unusual step, but that "the record points to a disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps, missteps that led an FBI agent and a prosecutor to potentially undermine the integrity of the grand jury proceeding."

Among the missteps Fitzpatrick had said he found in reviewing the grand jury proceedi

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