The US Division of Justice has once again indicted James Comey — this time, for an alleged menace the previous FBI director made towards President Donald Trump on Instagram, as reported earlier by CNN. In its indictmentfiled in a North Carolina federal court docket on Tuesday, the DOJ cites the now-deleted picture Comey posted to Instagram final Might, which confirmed a seashell association making up the numbers “8647.”
The DOJ claims “an inexpensive recipient who’s acquainted with the circumstances would interpret as a severe expression of an intent to do hurt.” The phrase “eighty-six” can be utilized as slang meaning to “do away with” or “throw out,” according to Merriam-Websterwhereas Trump is the forty seventh president of the US. The caption on Comey’s put up mentioned “Cool shell formation on my seaside stroll.”
Throughout a press conference on TuesdayLawyer Common Todd Blanche claimed that Comey “knowingly and willfully made a menace to take the lifetime of and to inflict bodily hurt” on Trump. The DOJ is charging Comey with threatening the president and transmitting a menace in interstate commerce.
”I posted earlier an image of some shells I noticed at this time on a seaside stroll, which I assumed have been a political message,” Comey said after taking the put up down on Might fifteenth. “I didn’t notice some of us affiliate these numbers with violence. It by no means occurred to me however I oppose violence of any type so I took the put up down.” Comey was previously indicted in September 2025 for allegedly mendacity to Congress and obstructing a congressional continuing. A choose later dismissed the case.
