Comey Faces the Music, Turns Himself in at Federal Courthouse Over Alleged Threat to Donald Trump
Traitor
Man, there are times when you really, really want
photographs and/or video of an event to tell the story. Unfortunately,
that is not the case here, but we can still tell you what happened
Wednesday afternoon:
Former FBI Director James Comey, who was indicted Tuesday on two
counts related to his infamous “86 47” post,
Former FBI Director James Comey's first court appearance for his latest federal indictment ended on Wednesday without him making a plea.
Judge
William Fitzpatrick
informed Comey of the charges against him, saying
the two counts both carry up to five years in prison.
The first
count is making a threat against the President of the United States, the
second is interstate transmission of a threat against the President of
the United States.
There was no arraignment, and Fitzpatrick did
not set any conditions for Comey's release, aside from removing any
firearms from Comey's household.
Acting
Attorney General Todd Blanche,
who took over the DOJ following the
ouster of Pam Bondi, strongly denied Wednesday that the charges came at
the behest of the president:
Acting Attorney Todd Blanche
stated that the indictment against former FBI Director James Comey is
"not an audition" for the top job at the Justice Department on
Wednesday.
Blanche made the statement during an interview with CBS
News, going on to say he was "absolutely, positively not" directed or
asked by President Donald Trump to pursue the indictment.
“I don’t
audition for this job,” Blanche told Garrett. “I’ve been the deputy
attorney general for over a year, OK? This is not an audition.”
“Of
course not,” Blanche added when asked whether Trump asked for the
indictment. “Absolutely, positively not, and there’s no suggestion that
that’s the case that happened, and the fact that we’re doing our work ––
this is not something that just happened in the past couple weeks. This
is something that has been investigated for nearly a year now, and the
results of that investigation is that a grand jury returned an
indictment.”
Those comments appear at the 4:18 minute mark:
A
grand jury has indicted former FBI director James Comey, after the
Justice Department claimed a photo Comey posted online of seashells
appearing to spell out “86 47” threatened President Trump. Comey denied
the accusation.
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche told CBS
Mornings that the proof of the threat lies in “the fact that a grand
jury returned an indictment.”
“That is not the Department of Justice charging James Comey with a crime,” he added.
Comey,
as we’ve reported, proclaims total innocence and argues that even as
the former director of the top law enforcement agency in the world, he
had no idea what “86” (kill) “47” (the 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump) meant. Sure, I see seashell formations like that all the time — as in never.
Some legal experts have questioned whether the charges will stand up to First Amendment claims, but as our Rusty Weiss reported earlier Wednesday, Blanche feels very strongly that the DOJ has a solid case. RedState will keep you posted.
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