{"id":2789,"date":"2026-04-29T01:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T21:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/james-comey-indicted-over-instagram-seashell-photo-that-allegedly-threatened-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T01:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T21:40:08","slug":"james-comey-indicted-over-instagram-seashell-photo-that-allegedly-threatened-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/james-comey-indicted-over-instagram-seashell-photo-that-allegedly-threatened-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"James Comey indicted over Instagram seashell photo that allegedly threatened Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A photo of James Comey\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Photo by Dia Dipasupil\/Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/gettyimages-1494698667.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The US Department of Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/federal-grand-jury-indicts-former-fbi-director-james-comey-threats-harm-president-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has once again indicted<\/a> James Comey &#8211; this time, for an alleged threat the former FBI director made toward President Donald Trump on Instagram, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/28\/politics\/justice-department-indicts-ex-fbi-director-james-comey-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as reported earlier by CNN<\/a>. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/28081282-comey-instagram-indictment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its indictment<\/a>, filed in a North Carolina federal court on Tuesday, the DOJ cites the now-deleted image Comey posted to Instagram last May, which showed a seashell arrangement making up the numbers \u00ab\u00a08647.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The DOJ claims \u00ab\u00a0a reasonable recipient who is familiar with the circumstances would interpret as a serious expression of an intent to do harm.\u00a0\u00bb The phrase \u00ab\u00a0eighty-six\u00a0\u00bb can be used as slang that means to \u00ab\u00a0get rid of\u00a0\u00bb or \u00ab\u00a0throw out,\u00a0\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/wordplay\/eighty-six-meaning-origin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accord \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/920131\/james-comey-indicted-over-instagram-seashell-photo-that-allegedly-threatened-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Department of Justice has once again indicted James Comey &#8211; 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