President Donald Trump bashed former FBI Director James Comey in two Truth Social posts the day after a federal judge set a criminal trial date for Comey’s pending federal felony charges.
U.S. District Judge Louise Flanagan of North Carolina issued a written order Friday that set the trial to begin on July 15 and postponed Comey’s first appearance in court, originally scheduled for Monday.
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The case centers on a since-deleted May 2025 Instagram post featuring a picture of the numeric sequence “86 47” spelled out in seashells on a beach. Prosecutors say that this phrase amounted to a threat against Trump’s life, as the slang term “86” often refers to killing someone.
In the first post, Trump wrote the caption “Pathetic!!!” with a clip from Comey’s appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in May 2025. In it, Comey explains away the term “86 47” by claiming that his wife thought
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