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James Comey faces second indictment, legal experts condemn

newsApr 29, 2026362,964

The Acting Attorney General filed a second criminal indictment against former FBI director James Comey, charging him with making criminal threats tied to social media posts including an Instagram photo of seashells. The filing follows an earlier prosecution effort connected to private attorney Lindsey Halligan that collapsed, and it brings new federal charges on the same underlying conduct. Legal scholars and former Department of Justice officials condemned the indictment as politically motivated and legally thin, saying it undermines prosecutorial independence. The case matters because if courts allow politically charged indictments to stand, it could lower the barrier for using federal prosecutions as tools of partisan retribution and reshape limits on political speech.

Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

GOP Rep. Don Bacon on the new Comey indictment: "I think it's foolish. It's overreach. Most Americans don't like seeing lawfare."

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The Ghost of Mr Hand27

say it on fox news

Truth Social(ist)18

Most Americans also don’t like seeing a pedophile as president.

🐸🖕🐸 Heartless Creatures17

And yet he keeps voting the party line.

RMoe9

They can indict Comey over seashells, but they cant indict trump with over 20 eye witnesses. Or thousands of TV viewers? Our government is broken and we may need to physically kick these people out after the elections. #itsriggedalrigth

Saint Sherman - The Ultimate Patriot6

Zero pedophiles have been indicted since King Pedo took office.

Tiny C5

Unfortunately Trump doesn’t care what most Americans like

Denverite4

His party ran on conducting lawfare, under the pretense that it was fighting lawfare. The difference is the last admin was securing convictions because they actually committed crimes. They were so incensed they were being held accountable they are making up crimes to prosecute back

nellonearth.bsky.social4

F’er just dropped that “both sides” in there like slipping in a roofie.

Aibo - Zonny3

The "American🇺🇸 Dream" is a nightmare!

Langdon Grant3

More Bacon: "And I'm so mad about it I'm going to do absolutely nothing, then vote for Trump's ballroom and whatever else he wants, then retire." He's the House version of Susan Collins. Always concerned, but never enough to actually do anything about it. A useless waste of congressional space.

MichaelWhatleySucks2

So brave since bacon is retiring

(Lizzie)🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈2

The inbred enjoy it. Ask any MAGA

Middlerage2

So tell your orange master! 🤡

Grumpy Zeus2

I don't understand why the few Republicans who don't affirmatively seek to harm Americans and abuse our kids and throw people in concentration camps still remain Republicans. It's inexplicable.

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