Comey on Justice Department case: Blanche needs to 'bone up on the rules'
Source: The Hill
05/17/26 12:16 PM ET
James Comey on Sunday urged Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to “bone up on the rules” amid the federal prosecution of the former FBI director. “I don’t talk about the case because the federal court rules require you not. I would urge the acting attorney general to bone up on the rules,” Comey said during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” when asked about the case.
Comey has been indicted on two counts over allegations that a photo of seashells he shared on Instagram constituted a threat on President Trump’s life.
During an interview with NBC earlier this month, Blanche addressed questions about the investigation into the social media post, which included a photo of seashells in a formation reading “86 47.”. “This is not just about a single Instagram post,” Blanche told NBC’s Kristen Welker. “This is about a body of evidence that the grand jury collected over a series of about 11 months.”
On Sunday, Comey said Blanche shouldn’t be speaking on the case and declined to respond to the remark. “I don’t want to comment on it because then someone will say I’m commenting on the case. He ought not to be talking about it, I can’t talk about it,” Comey told Welker. “That’s why we have a judicial process in a courtroom,” he added.
Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5882082-comey-blanche-doj-seashells-investigation/
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