Final week, embattled former FBI Director James Comey requested the courtroom for a 4-month delay of the trial scheduled for subsequent month within the Trump assassination menace case – and the decide granted his request.
A federal decide on Friday delayed James Comey’s Trump assassination menace case till early 2027.
The Justice Department didn’t oppose Comey’s request.
NBC Information reported:
The seashells-based prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey has been delayed till early 2027, as a decide makes her manner by a variety of pending motions, together with a request by Comey to dismiss the case on grounds that it was pushed by President Donald Trump’s animus.
U.S. District Choose Louise Flanagan declined to set a trial date within the case in opposition to Comey, through which prosecutors say {that a} photograph he posted on Instagram of seashells organized to spell out “8647” amounted to a menace in opposition to the president. The time period “86” is broadly thought of to be restaurant slang for working out of or canceling an merchandise, and 47 is considered a reference to the forty seventh president.
Comey, who has not entered a plea but within the case, had been set to be arraigned Wednesday at a federal courthouse in New Bern, North Carolina, however Flanagan pushed the arraignment till January.
Comey’s workforce had requested to delay the case.
Earlier this yr, a grand jury from the Jap District of North Carolina indicted Comey on two felony counts:
COUNT ONE: Knowingly and willfully make a menace to take the lifetime of, and to inflict bodily hurt upon, the President of the USA;
COUNT TWO: knowingly and willfully did transmit in interstate and international commerce a communication that contained a menace to kill the President, Donald J. Trump
Learn the indictment here.
James Comey posted his threatening ‘8647’ Instagram publish in Might 2025.
“Cool shell formation on my seashore stroll,” Comey mentioned.
’86 47′ is a menace to ‘eradicate/kill’ the forty seventh president.
In a courtroom submitting earlier this yr, Comey’s legal professionals requested Choose Louise Flanagan, a George W. Bush appointee, to push again the trial date to October. They later requested for an additional delay.
The trial was beforehand tentatively scheduled for July 15.
Comey’s lead counsel, Patrick Fitzgerald, a former US Legal professional for the Northern District of Illinois, instructed the decide that Comey will file motions looking for dismissal of the indictment:
“Mr. Comey expects to file a number of motions on constitutional grounds looking for dismissal of the indictment. A few of these motions could also be dependent upon the invention to be produced by the Authorities, and should require in depth briefing,” Fitzgerald wrote.
“Discovery remains to be forthcoming from the Authorities. For that cause, Mr. Comey respectfully requests that the Court docket lengthen the present scheduling deadlines, and set the next schedule for motions and arraignment,” he added.
Comey has not entered a plea but.
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