James Comey to enter plea as trial set in Trump threat case
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Updated · WITN · May 8
James Comey to enter plea as trial set in Trump threat case
8 articles · Updated · WITN · May 8
Comey will be arraigned in New Bern, North Carolina, on 30 June after waiving a Greenville hearing; trial is set for 15 July before US District Judge Louise Flanagan.
Prosecutors say his social media photo of seashells arranged as “86 47” on a North Carolina beach threatened Donald Trump, while Comey says he saw it as political speech and deleted it.
The Eastern District of North Carolina brought the case because the beach was there, and Comey’s lawyers say they will seek dismissal, including on selective or vindictive prosecution grounds.
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