Former FBI Director James Comey formally asked a federal district court in North Carolina on July 27 to dismiss the indictment charging him with threatening President Donald Trump.
Comey argues in the new motion to dismiss that when he posted a photo on social media with seashells arranged to read “86 47,” he was making a political statement in opposition to Trump, and not making what lawyers call a true threat against him.
Comey said he found the seashells arranged on a beach and took a photograph of them. He said he assumed the shells were intended as a political message. Comey subsequently deleted the post, saying he did not know at the time that the “86” phrase was associated with violence….
Comey Asks Federal Court to Dismiss Charges He Threatened Trump
