{
  "id": 2612951,
  "title": "Free speech group calls foul play at prosecutors using Comey novel in case against him",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/free-speech-group-calls-foul-play-at-prosecutors-using-comey-novel-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T16:32:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/22/james-comey-novel-trump-pen-america"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "PEN America condemns lawyers using passage from thriller to bolster claim ex-FBI director intended to harm Trump A leading US free-expression group has hit out at federal prosecutors’ use of a novel written by former FBI director James Comey in their case accusing him of threatening to kill Donald Trump . “Citing a novel to save an indictment that is constitutionally dubious is a desperate Hail…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}