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Comey prosecution 'not just' about Instagram post: Blanche

The Hill · May 3, 2026, 3:56 PM · Also reported by 2 other sources

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday that the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey did not solely result from an Instagram post depicting seashells forming the numbers 86-47. “Rest assured that the career assistant United States attorneys in North Carolina, the career FBI agents

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Comey prosecution 'not just' about Instagram post: Blanche

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