Justice department claims Comey made ‘threat to kill’ Trump as it announces charges against former FBI director – live
The Justice Department has announced charges against former FBI director James Comey for allegedly threatening the life of President Trump. The indictment claims Comey made a social media post that could be interpreted as a serious threat. Comey has since deleted the post and apologized, stating he did not intend to imply violence.
- ▪Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the charges against James Comey.
- ▪The indictment claims Comey made a threat to kill the president in an Instagram post.
- ▪Comey deleted the post and apologized, stating he opposes violence.
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16.40 EDTActing attorney general claims Comey 'threatened the life of the president' in announcing chargesAt a news conference on Tuesday, Todd Blanche, the former defense lawyer for Donald Trump now serving as acting US attorney general, just announced the filing of two charges against James Comey, the former FBI director and deputy attorney general for allegedly “knowing and willfully making a threat to kill” the president of the United States in a social media post.The two-page indictment filed in North Carolina claimed Comey “did knowingly and willfully make a threat to take the life of, and to inflict bodily harm upon, the President of the United States, in that he publicly posted a photograph on the internet social media site Instagram which depicted seashells arranged in a pattern…
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