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The Guardian - US
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Lauren Gambino

James Comey surrenders to authorities after indictment over seashell post

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James Comey in Washington DC in 2018. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA

James Comey made a brief appearance in court on Wednesday after the justice department indicted him over a social media post in a renewed effort to prosecute one of Donald Trump’s longtime political adversaries.

The former FBI director was indicted in North Carolina on Tuesday over a photograph he posted last year of seashells arranged in the numbers “86 47” – a message the justice department says amounts to a threat against Trump, the 47th US president.

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