Overview
- Comey, in his first post-indictment interviews Monday, said Trump is driven by a desire for payback and insisted he will keep speaking out.
- The case charges that a May 2025 Instagram photo of seashells reading '8647' was a threat to the 47th president, with a trial set for July 15 in North Carolina.
- The number '86' is common restaurant slang for remove or throw out, which Comey and analysts say underscores the post’s disputed meaning.
- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says prosecutors have a broader body of evidence beyond the photo, though he has not disclosed details because of grand jury secrecy rules.
- Comey warned he would not be surprised by a third indictment, as his earlier Virginia case was dismissed after a judge ruled the prosecutor was unlawfully appointed.