Comey Indicted for Beach Photo Threatening Trump

0:00It's April 28th. You're listening to Canada News today, AI-powered local news. I'm Cory with the story. Former FBI director James Comey faces serious charges after posting a photo last year that prosecutors say threatened President Trump. The image shows C-shales arranged as 86.47 on a beach and a grand jury in North Carolina's eastern district indicted him Tuesday. On counts of threatening the president's life and making an interstate threat, if convicted, he could get up to 10 years in prison. The post went up on Instagram May 15th, 2025, with a simple caption about a cool shell formation from his beach walk. 86 is slang for getting rid of something, and with Trump as the 47th president, officials called it a clear call for harm. Republicans and Trump administration folks jumped on it fast, saying it dialed up dangerous rhetoric at a tense time. Acting Attorney General Todd Blant stressed that threats against the president break major laws, especially after recent violence against officials.

1:00Comey hid back in a video on his sub-stack, saying he's innocent, not scared, and ready for court. He deleted the post back then, explaining he never meant violence, and thought 86 just meant something boring to ditch. This comes after another indictment against him last year, got tossed for a bad prosecutor appointment. As this legal battle heats up, it highlights how social media posts can spark big federal cases, and we'll keep watching how the independent courts handle it.