Article snippet: A district court judge on Friday postponed issuing a ruling on former FBI Director MORE’s effort to quash a GOP-issued subpoena. Judge Trevor McFadden gave the two sides the weekend to provide additional information about their arguments. The court will reconvene Monday at 10 a.m. for a ruling. Comey on Thursday sought to quash the subpoena for closed-door testimony, arguing that House Republicans would seek to “peddle a distorted, partisan political narrative about the Clinton and Russia investigations through selective leaks” if he was not interviewed in public. Comey’s attorneys Vincent Cohen and David Kelley argued in the motion that the subpoena “exceeds a proper legislative purpose, is issued in violation of House rules, and unduly prejudices and harasses the witness.” “They just want to zero in and gang up,” Kelley told the judge on Friday. Comey, who did not appear in court, says he welcomes the opportunity to testify publicly, which he says would remove the threat of selective leaking. Comey's legal team separately filed a motion to stay his closed-door testimony until after the case could be argued and the judge could issue a ruling on it. Thomas Hungar, the general counsel for the House of Representatives, challenged the legitimacy of Comey’s legal efforts, arguing that it would be unprecedented for the courts to interfere with their efforts to subpoena witnesses. Hungar says the federal government has “absolute” sovereign immunity in a civil suit and ... Link to the full article to read more