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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Former FBI Director James Comey a Second Time

HeadlineApr 29, 2026

A federal grand jury has again indicted former FBI Director James Comey, this time over his social media post showing seashells arranged on a beach to read “86 47.” The two-count indictment claims that the image was a death threat against President Trump. Both counts carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. The new indictment comes less than a month after Trump dismissed Attorney General Pam Bondi, who he had complained was not aggressive enough in executing his agenda. A previous Justice Department case against Comey was dismissed last year when a federal judge found that the prosecutor who secured the indictment had been unlawfully appointed. Comey’s second indictment came the same day as his daughter, Maurene Comey, won a court ruling allowing her to proceed with a lawsuit against the government. Maurene Comey was fired as a federal prosecutor in Manhattan last year. She was the lead federal prosecutor securing the conviction against Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell. James Comey responded to his latest indictment in a video posted to Substack on Tuesday.

James Comey: “I’m still innocent, I’m still not afraid, and I still believe in the independent federal judiciary. So, let’s go.”

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