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Trump Gets Secret Service Summary; DOJ Charges Comey Over Instagram

7/30/2026

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Secret Service agents who interviewed former FBI director James B. Comey were ordered to send a summary to President Donald Trump on Air Force One, showing Trump’s involvement in the probe.
The Justice Department filed April charges alleging Comey’s May 2025 Instagram seashell photo “86 47” threatened to assassinate the president.
Comey’s lawyers moved to dismiss, saying the prosecution is vindictive, the post is protected speech, and grand-jury proceedings may contain misrepresentations.

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Secret Service agents who interviewed former FBI director James B. Comey were ordered to send a summary to President Donald Trump on Air Force One, showing Trump’s involvement in the probe.
The Justice Department filed April charges alleging Comey’s May 2025 Instagram seashell photo “86 47” threatened to assassinate the president.
Comey’s lawyers moved to dismiss, saying the prosecution is vindictive, the post is protected speech, and grand-jury proceedings may contain misrepresentations.