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The second James Comey<\/a> indictment is not just absurd, it\u2019s deeply troubling.<\/p>\n

Trying to prosecute a guy for threatening the president\u2019s life by posting a picture of seashells?<\/p>\n

After a previous, much broader indictment against the fired FBI director despised by President Donald Trump<\/a> was thrown out of court?<\/p>\n

But don\u2019t take my word for it:<\/p>\n

JAMES COMEY INDICTED FOR ALLEGED THREATS AGAINST TRUMP: DOJ<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

ABC\u2019s Jonathan Karl: “Even Trump\u2019s allies are privately calling it \u2018embarrassing,\u2019 or as one very prominent former Trump DOJ official told me last night, \u2018depressing.\u2019”<\/p>\n

National Review\u2019s Andy McCarthy, a former federal prosecutor: “This farce, then, is nothing more than a continuation of Trump\u2019s lawfare campaign against a political enemy. It is inconceivable that Comey could be convicted of a crime in these circumstances, but the president\u2019s minions are putting him through the anxiety, expense, and stigma of the judicial process.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley said on Fox: “I must be in a parallel universe to be talking about the shell art of James Comey\u2026Just showing the picture\u2019s going to be a weak case in terms of a threat.”<\/p>\n

“It\u2019ll be thrown out. It\u2019s classic revenge,” Ty Cobb, a Trump White House<\/a> lawyer in the first term, told CNN.<\/p>\n

LEGAL EXPERTS WARN COMEY \u201886 47\u2019 INDICTMENT FACES FIRST AMENDMENT HURDLES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The seashell collection, which Comey said he found on a North Carolina beach, said 86 47. In restaurant parlance, 86 means to get rid of a customer or dish, not kill them. And the other numbers refer to the 47th president. It was spectacularly bad judgment for Comey to post the photo on his Instagram account.<\/p>\n

But after an uproar, Comey deleted the posting and said he in no way meant to suggest political violence.<\/p>\n

\u00a0“I’m still innocent, I’m still not afraid, and I still believe in the independent federal judiciary, so let\u2019s go,” Comey said after the new charges were filed.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s no secret at this point that the Justice Department has become an aggressive player in Trump\u2019s retribution campaign. One reason he fired Pam Bondi as attorney general is that he was unhappy with the pace of the probes.<\/p>\n

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche<\/a> denied yesterday that the president had ordered him to bring the indictment. “Anybody who tries to put forward some narrative that this is just about seashells or something to the contrary is missing the point,” he told CBS. “You cannot threaten the president of the United States.”<\/p>\n

But Trump didn\u2019t have to make a secret phone call to demand the indictment. He talks openly about those he views as enemies, such as Letitia James. He said he was glad when ex-special prosecutor Bob Mueller died.<\/p>\n

In the past, Trump has referred to Comey as “scum,” “slimeball” and a “lying scumbag.”<\/p>\n

Trump told reporters yesterday that 86 is “a mob term for kill them, you know? You ever see the movies? “\u201886 \u2018em,\u2019 the mobster says to one of his wonderful associates.”<\/p>\n

Pressed by CNN\u2019s Kaitlan Collins on whether he felt his life was in danger, Trump said “probably.”<\/p>\n

“The people like Comey have created tremendous danger, I think, for politicians and others. You know, Comey is a dirty cop, he\u2019s a very dirty cop…He\u2019s a crooked man.”<\/p>\n

Other presidents might have declined comment on what is now an ongoing criminal prosecution, but that\u2019s not Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

FORMER FBI AGENT SAYS COMEY CHARGES HINGE ON INTENT EVIDENCE AND JURY INTERPRETATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The first indictment, last September, came after Secret Service agents tracked down the former FBI chief<\/a>. It included charges of leaking and\u00a0lying to Congress, but Tuesday\u2019s stripped-down version deals only with the shell photo.<\/p>\n

Trump defenders say he was persecuted during his first term with four criminal cases. So this, in their view, is proper payback.<\/p>\n

But during the campaign I lost track of how many times Trump told me “the best retribution will be success.”<\/p>\n

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Instead, he\u2019s gone after political opponents, law firms, news organizations and others with a vengeance.<\/p>\n

These efforts have so far fallen short in court. The Comey indictment is such a stretch that even most conservative legal commentators aren\u2019t defending it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/line-sand-why-trump-drawing-flak-james-comey-indictment-over-seashells <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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