Comey Charged for Seashell Threat, Free on Bail

0:00On April 29th, former FBI director James Comey turned himself into federal authorities this Wednesday in Virginia, facing two charges for allegedly, threatening President Trump's life through an Instagram post. The post showed C-shells arranged as 8647 on a beach, which critics saw as code for getting rid of the 47 president since. 86 means to remove or kill in slang. Comey deleted it the same day and apologized, but the Justice Department says it was a willful threat sent across state lines. The case heated up after acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the charges, insisting no one directed him despite Trump's history of pushing. Prosecutions? Comey showed up at the courthouse in Alexandria with his family, slipped in a side door, stayed silent, and walked out free with no release conditions. From Judge William Fitzpatrick, he skipped entering a plea for now. Trump's allies wasted no time reacting back in May, with folks like Homeland Security's Christie Knowham calling for a Secret Service probe and director of National Intelligence,

1:04Tulsi Gabbard demanding he get locked up. The Secret Service grilled Comey for hours right after. This comes amid Comey's long track record as a sharp Trump critic from leading the Russia probe to firing in 2017. Earlier indictments against Comey on unrelated lying and obstruction charges got tossed last November over a bad prosecutor appointment. But under Blanche, who Trump picked after dumping the prior Attorney General for not chasing enemies hard enough, this seashell threat got revived. After sitting dormant, Comey's team plans to fight back with motions claiming selected prosecution straight from the top, setting up a big clash over free speech versus real threats in this charged political air.