2/3 🧵 In practical terms, the article’s angle is almost certainly this: the post is being framed as evidence of intent, not just bad taste. “86” is slang that can mean “get rid of,” while “47” points to Trump as the 47th president, so prosecutors appear to be arguing that Comey crossed from political expression into implied threat territory. That’s the whole legal knife edge here. If the government can show intent, context, and a believable threat signal, it gets serious fast. If not, Comey’s defense becomes obvious: ambiguous symbolism, political overreach, and prosecution driven more by Trump-world outrage than by a clean criminal standard. Newsweek and Fox News both frame it around that seashell-image controversy.
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