US justice department defends prosecution of James Comey over β8647β seashell post
Justice department claims thereβs βno disputeβ over whether ex-FBI headβs post could be read as a threat against TrumpThe US Department of Justice has defended its prosecution of former FBI director James Comey, claiming in new court documents there is βno serious disputeβ that his social media post last year featuring a photo of seashells arranged to read β8647β could be interpreted as a threat against Donald Trump.βThere is no serious dispute that an objective viewer of Comeyβs post could read it to mean βKill President Trumpββ prosecutors wrote in a document filed on Tuesday in response to efforts by Comeyβs efforts to have the case dismissed. Continue reading...
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