After Instagram post: Trial over alleged threat by Comey against Trump not until 2027
Former FBI chief James Comey has been charged over a photo of seashells on a beach arranged into numbers that appear to refer to President Trump. The trial will now be postponed again.
The trial of former FBI chief James Comey on allegations of threatening US President Donald Trump will start in February 2027. Comey was accused of posting a photo of shells arranged to form the numbers "86 47" on Instagram, which Trump's supporters interpreted as a call to assassinate the president. Comey denied that the post was a call to violence, saying he had simply seen it as a political message. The prosecution will have to prove that Comey intended to threaten Trump with the post.
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