#comey — Public Fediverse posts
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“ Former #FBI Director James #Comey may have ruined #Trump revenge, and the federal govt’s case against him.
Comey’s attorneys argued in a US court filing Tuesday night that he was charged under the wrong law, making the govt’s criminal indictment moot.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/215029/james-comey-flaw-donald-trump-revenge-suit
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Update in US v. James #Comey (26-cr-00016, District Court, E.D. North Carolina) which is the grossly inappropriate criminal prosecution over a photo of #seashells arranged to spell out 86 47 and shared on the Internet, which at its core looks to be political speech deserving the highest level of First Amendment protection — protections which are against action from the government. https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73256624/united-states-v-comey/
2026/07/28 Doc 37 Comey wants Grand Jury materials because "[t]he myriad irregularities that led to this indictment, along with the constitutional violations inherent in this prosecution, indicate that grounds may exist to dismiss the indictment." He might be referring to a *literal* myriad. See Doc 38 for facts and arguments.
2026/08/18 Doc 52 G'v'm'nt argues against leaning heavily on "the robust presumption of regularity to which grand jury proceedings are entitled."
2026/07/28 Doc 35 Comey moves to Dismiss Indictment for Vindictive and Selective Prosecution. See Doc 36.
2026/08/18 Doc 53 G'v'm'nt argues well, obviously this is true, but Comey needs actual, objective evidence that he was prosecuted for exercising a legal right so please issue a bench warrant for Trump to testify.
2026/07/27 Doc 32 Comey moves to Dismiss Indictment for Lack of a True Threat. See Doc 33.
2026/08/18 Doc 54 G'v'm'nt argues that it would rather have a jury decide a simple matter of law.
2026/07/28 Doc 39 Comey moves to suppress the evidence obtained from two search warrants and have a Franks hearing.
2026/08/18 Doc 55 G'v'm'nt argues that they didn't *lie* to the magistrate judge, but were *just asking questions* and got search warrants on vibes.
More snark is required but batteries are low.
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United States v. #Comey (26-cr-00016) District Court, E.D. North Carolina concerning a photo Comey shared of #seashells arranged on a North Carolina beach to spell "8647" and a flood of court filings explaining that this is popular, constitutionally-protected political opinion and not a cartoonish mob euphemism extolling unknown parties to commit murder.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73256624/united-states-v-comey/
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The flood of documents in US v. James #Comey (26-cr-00016, District Court, E.D. North Carolina) #seashells case has a shepherdess:
> The story captured by these various filings is even more pathetic than told publicly. For example, while the frothy MAGAts ginned themselves into believing that the extra evidence Todd Blanche insisted he had when he announced the charges consisted of materials in the novel Comey was about to release, there’s no such evidence.
And capturing the main witness for the "86 = mob murder" allegation, we have:
> Mr. Gravano’s racketeering guilty plea in 1992 included his admission to participation in nineteen murders. Mr. Gravano also admitted to bribing a juror at John Gotti’s first racketeering trial. After he completed his sentence in 1995, Gravano left the Witness Protection Program. He was later convicted in 2002 on both federal and state charges for his participation in a narcotics conspiracy in Arizona with his wife, son and daughter among others. He was released from prison in 2017 and is currently on parole. He is now a podcaster.
Confessed recidivist multiple murderer, drug-ring member, and podcaster.
The real question is why it took so long for Trump to put him to work.
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Update in US v. James #Comey (26-cr-00016, District Court, E.D. North Carolina) #seashells case.
Doc 32/33: "James B. Comey Jr.’s Motion to Dismiss Indictment for Lack of a True Threat"
Doc 34: Discovery issues continue, please extend deadlines a bit.
Doc 35/36: "James B. Comey Jr.’s Motion to Dismiss Indictment for Vindictive And Selective Prosecution"
Because Amazon is full of 86 45/46/47 merchandise and #Trump is just being a little b... baby about his hurt feelings.
Doc 37/38 "James B. Comey Jr.’s Motion For Disclosure of Grand Jury Proceedings"
The #DOJ sent someone who misled the jury, details please.
Doc 39/40 "James B. Comey Jr.’s Motion To Suppress And For Franks Hearing"
A Franks hearing would dig into the factual support behind what the government told a judge to get a warrant for info held by Apple and Google, and in the event the Government lied (like they did) Comey should get any evidence suppressed under basic 4th Amendment law.
Doc 43 is the pile of evidence that the #ToddBlanche DOJ has lied to the judges and grand jury.
Doc 46 is an Order giving Comey was was asked in 34:
> The Government shall provide the defense with a final position on all current outstanding discovery requests by close of business on August 4, 2026;
> 2. The defense shall file any motion to compel discovery concerning items on which agreement is not reached on or before August 18, 2026
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#Trump Personally Demanded Details of Agents’ Interview of #Comey, New Court Filing Says
The request suggests the intense personal involvement of Trump in investigating one of his longtime critics, former #FBI director #JamesComey.
#law #LegalEthics #DOJ #independence #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfJustice #Retribution #EnemiesList #MafiaState #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Fascism
#GiftArticle
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/us/james-comey-seashells-trump-secret-service.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1VA.VC7l.QgYn0ICJuwN-&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
Update in US v. James #Comey (26-cr-00016, District Court, E.D. North Carolina) which is the grossly inappropriate criminal prosecution over a photo of #seashells arranged to spell out 86 47 and shared on the Internet, which at its core looks to be political speech deserving the highest level of First Amendment protection — protections which are against action from the government. https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73256624/united-states-v-comey/
We have the long-anticipated (because it is sooo obviously needed) "James B. Comey Jr.’s Motion to Dismiss Indictment for Lack of a True Threat" (Doc 32)
In case #Trump or #ToddBlanche read my post, "True Threat" is a "term of art" in 1st Amendment law where a purported "threat" cannot be used as evidence against the defendant when there is no incipient violence obvious. "Let's get together to kill John Doe ASAP" would be a true threat if not an obvious example against an obviously fictional target, while "John Doe is terrible at their job at needs to replaced" is highly protected political speech. And "86 47" is more akin to the latter.
The more interesting document is Doc 33 where the arguments why ① a picture of seashells on the beach spelling "86 47" is not a true threat ② #FirstAmendment law requires immediate dismissal to prevent further harm to Mr. Comey's Constitutional Rights from such a disfavored prosecution.
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@LillyHerself @jspath55 But would Trump’s DOJ still have prosecuted #Comey if the shared photo of seashells spelled out “86 *47*” ?
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@ChemicalEyeGuy You say #kakistocracy, I say #kleptocracy, can't we call the whole thing off?
Oh, wait, that's what they are prosecuting James #Comey for. 40-60 pages of motions to dismiss are due in the next two weeks.
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Update in US v. James #Comey (26-cr-00016, District Court, E.D. North Carolina) which is the grossly inappropriate criminal prosecution over a photo of #seashells arranged to spell out 86 47 and shared on the Internet, which at its core looks to be political speech deserving the highest level of First Amendment protection — protections which are against action from the government.
Well, along those lines on 2026/07/13 Comey informed the court (Doc 28) that with the court's permission he would like to file together a single 40-page memorandum to dismiss on the grounds of ① for selective prosecution (because "86" is widely understood to be not a threat to murder but a call for political change) and ② for vindictive prosecution (because Trump is a whiny ball of infinite grievance and the S. Ct., his own Executive orders, and the practice of #ToddBlanche's DOJ clearly say that this animus is not separable from the acts of the DOJ).
This is presented as a win for the court as they do not have to face the *two* motions of 30-pages each for these motions that the local rule of the court would normally require. The AUSA from #Trump's #DOJ which suffers from a lack of manpower given the drive to eliminate ethics from the justice department, is grateful enough to the lack of duplication not to object to the motion. The judge must still sign off on the request as the motion(s) to dismiss are due 2026/07/28.
Unless I miss my guess this will be decided this same week; tomorrow if the judge has nothing pressing.
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Did you know that US v. #Comey over a photo of #seashells arranged to spell out 86 47 is still a thing.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73256624/united-states-v-comey/
18 U.S. Code § 871(a)
> Whoever knowingly and willfully deposits for conveyance in the mail or for a delivery from any post office or by any letter carrier any letter, paper, writing, print, missive, or document containing any threat to take the life of, to kidnap, or to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States, the President-elect, the Vice President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President of the United States, or the Vice President-elect, or knowingly and willfully otherwise makes any such threat against the President, President-elect, Vice President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President, or Vice President-elect, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
18 U.S. Code § 875(c)
> Whoever transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing any threat to kidnap any person or any threat to injure the person of another, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
But "86" does not mean "kill" or "kidnap" or "injure" in its most common sense — it is diner slang still in use today to get rid of something or that they are out of something so the order has to be renegotiated.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/eighty-six-meaning-origin
As per court order (Doc 15):
Pre-trial motions due 2026/07/28.
Arraignment, if it happens, is scheduled for 2026/09/30.
