'Ruling in '8647' civil protest case signals strength of James Comey's criminal defense'

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(MS NOW - Deadline Legal Blog) "The Trump Justice Department has alleged that when James Comey posted an image of seashells arranged as '86 47' last year, a reasonable observer familiar with the circumstances would have interpreted the former FBI director’s social media post as a serious expression of intent to harm the 47th president."

"The indictment looked weak when the DOJ brought it in April. More than anything, it looked like the latest attempt to prosecute one of the president’s political targets, after a previous indictment against Comey was dismissed in Virginia."

"Regardless of the administration’s motivations, a new ruling in an unrelated case shows the difficulty the DOJ faces in its latest Comey prosecution."

"That ruling came Monday, when a federal judge in Washington sided with a group that wanted to protest the administration with a flag displaying '8647.' U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss wrote that it was 'difficult to fathom' how the government 'could have concluded that a reasonable observer would view the flag as a true threat.' The Obama-appointed judge noted that the 'term ‘86’ is used far more often to mean ‘throw out’ than ‘kill.' "

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