The DOJ’s Comey Indictment Goes Way Too Far

For an administration that has been all too willing to weaponize the Department of Justice, the recent indictment of former FBI Director James Comey marks a new low.

Comey’s purported crime came a year ago, when he posted a photograph on social media of seashells arranged as “86 47,” and writing, “Cool shell formation on my beach walk.” The Justice Department alleges that the photo constituted “a threat to take the life of, and to inflict bodily harm upon, the President of the United States.” According to the president, eighty-six is “a mob term for ‘kill him.’”