‘No serious dispute’ that Comey’s seashell post could be read as a Trump threat, prosecutors say

The arguments were filed in response to wide-ranging defense efforts to dismiss the case on grounds including that it constitutes a vindictive prosecution.

Federal prosecutors want to throw the book at former FBI Director James Comey in their seashells-based case — including his own crime novel.

"There is no serious dispute that an objective viewer of Comey's post could read it to mean 'Kill President Trump,'" prosecutors said.

‘There is no serious dispute that an objective viewer of Comey’s post could read it to mean ‘Kill President Trump,’’ prosecutors said

DOJ argues Comey novel shows he knew ‘86 47’ post was a threat against Trump  Reuters

The ex-FBI chief faces accusations of transmitting threats and exploiting controversy to market his upcoming novel.

The U.S. Justice Department is defending its prosecution of former FBI director James Comey, saying “there is no serious dispute” that a social media post of seashells he made last year could be understood as a threat against U.S. President Donald Trump.

The Department of Justice is arguing that it is not independent from President Trump even as it tries to claim that the prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey isn’t vindictive. In a court filing Tuesday, federal prosecutors argued that “The Chief Executive directing his subordinates to exercise core Executive f

The Justice Department is doubling down on its prosecution of James Comey, pushing back on the former FBI director’s assertion that a 2025 social media post wasn’t intended as a threat to President Donald Trump.

The decision to charge former FBI Director James Comey over a social media post showing seashells arranged as “86 47” was made without influence from President Donald Trump or Justice Department leaders, federal prosecutors said in a court filing on Tuesday. In more than 100 pages of court filings added to the docket l

Prosecutors also called into question Comey's account that he had found the seashells in the numerical arrangement of "86 47" while walking on a beach in North Carolina and suggested that his May 2025 post on Instagram was an effort to generate attention for a forthcoming novel.

The Justice Department discouraged a judge from tossing a case against former FBI Director James Comey, saying it should be up to the jury to determine whether posting a photo of seashells arranged to spell “86 47” constituted a “true threat” against President Trump’s life. “The issue presented is who should answer the

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'No serious dispute' that Comey's seashell post could be read as a Trump threat, prosecutors say  AP News

Justice Department attempts to distance Attorney General Todd Blanche from Comey’s ‘8647’ seashell threat indictment  CNN

Prosecutors: ‘No Serious Dispute’ Comey Seashell Post Could Be Read As Trump Threat  HuffPost

The Justice Department is defending its prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey, saying there's "no serious dispute” that a social media post of seashells he made could be understood as a threat against President Donald Trump

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