Ice Miller partner Tim Belevetz was quoted in The Washington Post article, "Trump’s central role in Comey case may become key to defense strategy."

The article included:

Tim Belevetz, a white-collar defense lawyer at the law firm Ice Miller who previously led the fraud and corruption unit in the Alexandria prosecutor’s office, said Comey’s legal team could seek to dismiss the case before trial.

He could have several routes toward that goal.

One would be to seek to dismiss the indictment on the grounds that his prosecution is politically motivated, legal experts said.

“What Comey’s team would have to show is that either the prosecutor … harbored genuine animus toward the defendant or was prevailed upon to bring the charges by somebody else” for improper reasons such as a grudge or vendetta, Belevetz said.

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