The US Division of Justice has as soon as once more 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 indictment, filed 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 affordable recipient who’s aware of the circumstances would interpret as a critical expression of an intent to do hurt.” The phrase “eighty-six” can be utilized as slang meaning to “eliminate” or “throw out,” in keeping with Merriam-Webster, whereas Trump is the forty seventh president of the US. The caption on Comey’s submit mentioned “Cool shell formation on my seashore stroll.”
Throughout a press convention on Tuesday, Lawyer Basic 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 present on a seashore stroll, which I assumed had been a political message,” Comey mentioned after taking the submit down on Might fifteenth. “I didn’t understand some people affiliate these numbers with violence. It by no means occurred to me however I oppose violence of any variety so I took the submit down.” Comey was beforehand indicted in September 2025 for allegedly mendacity to Congress and obstructing a congressional continuing. A decide later dismissed the case.
