Former FBI Director James Comey Indicted Again Under Trump

Former FBI Director James Comey

Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted for a second time since Donald Trump returned to the White House last year, with prosecutors alleging that he threatened the president’s life in a social media post.

A federal grand jury in North Carolina returned the indictment on Tuesday. It features two counts, accusing Comey of threatening the president and of transmitting a threat through interstate commerce. The prosecution centers on a photo last May that Comey posted online, in which the numbers 86 and 47 had been formed by seashells. Critics said that could have been a reference to killing Trump, the 47th president.