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Posted on 05/17/2025 10:55:11 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The prospect of former FBI Director James Comey being prosecuted for a social media post that some have alleged was a threat against President Donald Trump is quite low, multiple legal experts tell Newsweek.
Comey on Thursday posted an Instagram photo of shells on a beach that were aligned to read "8647," which Trump and other conservatives have surmised is an assassination threat against the president.
Comey issued a follow-up post after the fact, saying that he saw the shells and "assumed" they were "a political message. I didn't realize some folks associate those numbers with violence."
Trump and others in his orbit did not take the post the same way.
"If you're the FBI director and you don't know what that meant? That meant assassination. And it says it loud and clear," Trump said during a Fox News interview on Friday. "Now, he wasn't very competent, but he was competent enough to know what that meant."
FBI Director Kash Patel said on X that his agency was "in communication with the Secret Service and Director [Sean] Curran. Primary jurisdiction is with SS on these matters and we, the FBI, will provide all necessary support."
The linked connection of "8647" to Trump is that he's the 47th president of the United States, and the term "86" generally signifies eliminating something or someone. It's a term used in different connotations, including in the restaurant industry or the broader general meaning of banning or kicking someone out of a venue like a bar, club, casino, etc.
"I have been one of Comey's long-standing critics," George Washington University Law School professor Jonathan Turley told Newsweek. "However, I do not believe that this would be a viable criminal case.
"The term '86' is subject to..."
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No.
Next.
Lock him up.
It doesn’t have to be a ‘viable’ case. All it has to do is bankrupt the SOB. Like they did to folks on our side.
Comey should not be convicted for attempted murder, he should be convicted of sedition and treason (and then hung).
They’ll milk the shame and embarrassment but they can’t lock him up. It plays into the hands of those who call Trump a fascist even though they use those tactics themselves.
Not a lot of hope any of these assclowns will do time. Disgusting.
He should go to jail for a lot of other things.
Find something else on which to nail Comey. He is wealthy. There will be something.
"Show me the man, I will show you the crime".
Attributed to Lavrentiy Beria, Chief of the NKVD under Josef Stalin.
Yup. I figure there is zero chance of a conviction here. But, still, he should certainly be put in solitary for 2 years while he awaits a trial. And he and his family should definitely be bankrupted. Take him off the board and send a message. Then, in 2027 or 2028 we can find him Innocent.
If he does not, then you know everything you need to.
Arrested on what charge, assault? That requires threat of immediate harm.
Inciting threat to another? Again doesn’t that requires threat of immediate harm?
Careful we don’t give the Left ammunition for more gov’t overreach.
Possibly a civil suit would be in order and sanctions if he’s being paid by the gov’t.
lol
irresponsible
i hope his book tanks
No jury would convict especially a D.C jury.The judge would probably just throw it out.
No criminal case.
But good that this is in the public.
It shows what sort of guy Comey really is.
He was never neutral / fair / objective.
He was a straight up political hack. He’s one of those that thinks bringing his ideology and political bias into the office and decision making is justified, since it’s far more righteous than what others believe. Albeit, he knew to keep up the appearance of being fair and objective while in office.
His publisher probably told him to go out and do something to create a buzz.
This is America in 2025.
The guilty go free on technicalities.
The innocent become victims again.
Not a very good book but I like the title.
https://www.rdbooks.co.uk/pages/books/152752/rakoff-jed-s/why-the-innocent-plead-guilty-and-the-guilty-go-free-and-other-paradoxes-of-our-broken-legal-system
Now if you're Mike Flynn being interviewed by the FBI, and you were asked "What you had for lunch?", and responded with "corned Beef Sandwich", when you had Roast Beef, you would be in prison for false statements to the FBI.
Men may be hung but everyone is hanged.
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