Former FBI Director James Comey is seeking to cancel his upcoming court appearance in North Carolina.
Comey was charged in a two-count indictment last week with “knowingly and willfully" communicating a threat against Trump by posting an Instagram photo of seashells in the numerical arrangement of “86 47.
”Prosecutors allege the photo constituted a threat against Trump, the 47th president. Comey has said he assumed the seashell arrangement, which he says he found on a beach, reflected a political message — not a call to violence — and that he removed the post once he saw that some people were interpreting it as a threat.
He is currently set to appear Monday in a federal court in Greenville, North Carolina, but his lawyers urged a judge on Thursday to cancel that appearance. They noted that he had surrendered and appeared before a judge in Virginia, where he lives, and that the Justice Department has consented to their request.
The case is the second against Comey, a longtime perceived adversary of the Republican president, brought by Trump's Justice Department.of making a false statement to Congress was dismissed by a judge who concluded that the prosecutor who filed the case was illegally appointed. Legal experts have questioned whether the Justice Department can meet the high legal standard of proving that Comey intended his Instagram post to be a threat.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has said investigators have evidence beyond just the post itself. He has not elaborated.meaning “to throw out,” “to get rid of” or “to refuse service to. ” It notes: “Among the most recent senses adopted is a logical extension of the previous ones, with the meaning of ‘to kill. ’ We do not enter this sense, due to its relative recency and sparseness of use.
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