James Comey Faces
A grand jury in North Carolina has returned a two-count indictment against an individual. An indictment filed in Eastern North Carolina charges the former FBI director with two felony counts for allegedly threatening President Trump's life in an online post. Each count is punishable by up to five years in prison. This marks the second attempt by the Trump Justice Department to pursue a criminal case against him. The news was reported by NPR via WNYC 93.9 FM. The indictment follows comments made by Comey in the legislature last week. A previous indictment charging Comey with lying to Congress was thrown out by a federal judge in Virginia last year. The indictment stems from an Instagram post featuring an image of the number 8647 made of seashells, which authorities claim is a coded assassination threat using the slang '86' and Trump's 47th presidency.
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“grand jury in North Carolina, returned a two-count indictment charging him with...”
“grand jury in North Carolina, returned a two-count indictment charging him with... investigation into Saturday night's attack at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.”
“a grand jury in North Carolina has returned in indictment over.”
“The Justice Department confirming the indictment of James Comey by a federal grand jury in North Carolina over a social media post on a beach showing the numbers 86, 47 written in seashells”
“West, a grand jury in North Carolina has returned in indictment over.”
“The current FBI Director, Kash Patel, told a news conference that Mr. Comey was indicted by grand jury in North Carolina. James Comey allegedly threatened the life of the president of the United States.”
“Former FBI Director James Comey is being indicted by the justice”
“president. Former FBI Director James Comey is being indicted by the justice”
“Former FBI Director James Comey is indicted for a second time by the Justice Department, this time in the Eastern District of North Carolina, and he is accused of threatening President Trump's life in a social media post showing seashells arranged in certain numbers.”
“The latest indictment centers on a controversy that erupted nearly a year ago when Comey shared a picture showing the numbers 8647”
“a grand jury handed up an indictment against Comey over a photo he posted online last year of seashells on a beach arranged to say 86-47.”
“top Trump administration's official say former FBI director James Comey has been indicted again for making threats against President Trump.”
“Comey says he assumed it was a political message, but not a call to violence against Trump.”
“Trump is the 47th president. Comey says he assumed it was a political message, but not a call to violence against Trump.”
“having seen tonight that James, there's an arrest warrant out for James Comey. James Comey, yep.”
“For the second time in a year, former FBI director James Comey has been indicted by the Justice Department. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced today that a grand jury in North Carolina indicted Comey.”
“announced today that that a grand jury in North Carolina indicted Comey.”
“announced today that that a grand jury in North Carolina indicted Comey. and that that attorney had been improperly appointed.”
“Second time the department under the Trump administration has brought charges against the former FBI director.”
“Last year the DOJ charged Comey for allegedly lying to Congress. A federal judge later dismissed the case after finding the interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia was improperly appointed. That case is on appeal.”
“So Comey has been charged with. Once Comey been charged with. So he faces two counts in this new indictment. The first is threats against the president. The second is transmitting a threat in interstate commerce.”
“The indictment says that a reasonable person who has been”
“The indictment says that a reasonable person who has been in which a child knows what that meant. If you're the FBI director and you don't know what that meant, that meant assassination.”
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