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Acting AG Todd Blanche claims Comey case isn’t about ‘single incident’ as he’s grilled on indictment

The Independent·John Bowden·30 days ago
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The official now in charge of Donald Trump’s Justice Department and the president’s still-expanding campaign of federal prosecutions against his enemies, Todd Blanche, was grilled on Sunday over the latest entry on that list: The second indictment of former FBI Director James Comey. Charged this past week with threatening to do harm to the president of the United States , Comey was previously FBI director until 2017, when he was fired by Trump over the investigation into the president’s 2016 presidential campaign. Last year, he posted on Instagram a photo showing seashells spelling out the numbers “86 47”, an apparent reference to calls to remove Trump from office. The former FBI director denied that his post suggested violence. His charging came 11 months after the post was made, and on Sunday, the acting attorney general spoke to NBC’s Kristen Welker and claimed that the DOJ had other evidence beyond just Comey’s social media posting to make its case.…

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