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Trump Administration Officials Become Hysterical At Social Media Post of Former FBI Director Comey - Glenn Kirschner
Former FBI Director James Comey posted a picture on Instagram of seashells on a beach arranged into the numbers "8647."
Several Trump officials broke into hysterics, claiming that Comey intended the post as a threat. One prominent official, showing her disregard for the rule of law, the rules of criminal procedure, law and the Constitution, announced that Comey should be put "behind bars" apparently without an investigation, indictment, jury trial and verdict.
And Trump expressed his outrage, saying that "a child" would know that Comey's post was a threat.
The problem is, the dictionary definition of "86" does not support Trump and company's claims. Moreover, the criminal law requires a threat to be clear, direct, unambiguous, and unequivocal to potentially support criminal charges, as this video discusses. - Glenn Kirschner - 05/16/2025.