Former FBI director James Comey indicted again — this time over '86 47' seashell post

The seashells photo was posted nearly a year ago, but the indictment was secured as acting U.S. attorney general Todd Blanche, a Trump loyalist who previously served as his personal lawyer, aims to prove to the president that he's the right person to hold the job permanently.The two-count indictment charges Comey with "knowingly and willfully" making a threat to "take the life of, and to inflict bodily harm upon" Trump and with transmitting a threat in interstate commerce.It offers no evidence to support the claim that Comey knowingly made a threat against the president, especially since he has said the opposite, but suggested a "reasonable recipient who is familiar with the circumstances would interpret" the message as a threat to do harm. The case was filed in the Eastern District of North Carolina, the state where Comey found the seashells. Comey's lawyer did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment Tuesday, and a Justice Department spokesperson did not immediately comment.The fact that the Justice Department pursued a new case against the ex-FBI director months after a separate and unrelated indictment was dismissed could open the government to claims of a vindictive prosecution and to arguments that it is going out of its way to target Comey. The former FBI director had overseen the early months of an investigation into whether the Republican president's 2016 campaign had co-ordinated with Russia to sway the outcome of that year's election. Comey was fired by Trump months into the president's first term, and they have openly feuded ever since.