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Former FBI director James Comey expected to self-surrender Wednesday
Key takeaways
- A grand jury in North Carolina returned a two-count indictment against Comey for allegedly threatening President Trump with a photo he posted to Instagram of seashells on a beach arranged to form the numbers 86-47.
- The phrase 86 is commonly used as slang for removing or throwing out something or someone, and Trump is the 47th president.
- At the time, Comey said that he assumed the shells were a political message but did not realize the numbers could be associated with violence.
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A grand jury in North Carolina returned a two-count indictment against Comey for allegedly threatening President Trump with a photo he posted to Instagram of seashells on a beach arranged to form the numbers 86-47.
The phrase 86 is commonly used as slang for removing or throwing out something or someone, and Trump is the 47th president.
At the time, Comey said that he assumed the shells were a political message but did not realize the numbers could be associated with violence. He subsequently deleted the post.
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