# US Justice Department defends prosecution of Comey over seashell post

https://mins.news/en/item/26531

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-19 17:50 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/19/us-department-of-justice-defends-prosecution-of-comey-over-seashell-post?traffic_source=rss

> The US Justice Department is defending its prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey over an Instagram image showing seashells arranged as “86 47”. Prosecutors argue an objective viewer could read it as “Kill President Trump” and say Comey used the backlash to promote his forthcoming novel. Comey denies intending a threat, while his lawyers call the case political retaliation.

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