Former FBI Director James Comey was released on Wednesday after his court appearance over an alleged threat he made against President Donald Trump.
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Former FBI Director James Comey was released on Wednesday after his court appearance over an alleged threat he made against President Donald Trump.
Comey was released by order of the judge, who didn’t list any special conditions for the former FBI director’s discharge.
Patrick Fitzgerald, Comey’s attorney, told The Epoch Times that he believes the case is a rancorous prosecution and that Comey is being castigated for exercising his First Amendment rights.
But Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche denied Fitzgerald’s comments, saying on Wednesday that Trump didn’t order the Department of Justice (DOJ) to file more charges against Comey.
“Of course not, absolutely, positively not,” Blanche told “CBS Mornings” when he asked whether the president directed him to pursue new charges against Comey.
“This is something that has been investigated for nearly a year now, and the results of that investigation is that a grand jury returned an indictment.”
We were hoping for cuffs and a perp walk.
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Disgraced former FBI Director James Comey just SURRENDERED himself at a Virginia courthouse, due to threatening President Trump's life. pic.twitter.com/p3PHdSfCP3
According to The Epoch Times’ story, federal prosecutors charged Comey with two felony counts related to an alleged threat against the president, claiming he deliberately posted an image on Instagram on May 15, 2025, showcasing “8647,” which authorities say a thinking person would interpret as a serious expression of intent to harm the president.
They also allege Comey transmitted the message across state lines while consciously disregarding the risk that it would be viewed as a threat of violence toward another person.
Comey denied he was calling for the killing of Trump in his Instagram post that included an image of seashells arranged to form the numbers “8647.” He later deleted the post.
In common terms, “86” is a slang moniker for getting rid of or refusing something, a meaning traced to restaurant jargon and reflected in definitions from Merriam-Webster. Some dictionaries, including Collins Dictionary, also list a harsher interpretation in which the term can refer to killing or carrying out an execution. The number “47,” meanwhile, may be read as a reference to President Donald Trump, who is serving as the nation’s 47th president.
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