Obama-era attorney flips script on Comey indictment naysayers with warning not to bury DOJ yet
Legal experts are pushing back on skepticism surrounding the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, arguing the Department of Justice would not have brought the case without meeting key...
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Legal experts are pushing back on skepticism surrounding the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey , arguing the Department of Justice would not have brought the case without meeting key legal thresholds. "Lots of folks are saying the case is going nowhere, but, way too early to reach that conclusion," former Democratic U.S. Attorney John Fishwick, who served in Virginia during the Obama administration, said, cautioning against prematurely dismissing the case. The indictment, brought last month in the Eastern District of North Carolina, alleged Comey, a longtime Trump nemesis, threatened the president and delivered interstate communications containing threats when he posted a photo on Instagram of seashells reading "8647" last year. Free speech advocates and leftist critics pushed back against the indictment, accusing the DOJ of infringing on protected speech in the name of prosecuting one of Trump's top political rivals. Comey, whom Trump fired as FBI director in 2017, has been outspoken against the president and profited off sales from his anti-Trump book, while Trump has said Comey is "guilty as hell" on social media and that he should face criminal charges. BLANCHE TURNS THE TABLES ON COMEY INDICTMENT CRITICS: ‘REST ASSURED’ CASE GOES BEYOND INSTAGRAM POST "Comey is out for revenge against Trump and has publicly gone after Trump separately from the seashells," Fishwick said, adding that Trump also publicly said he perceived the message as a threat. Prosecutors must prove Comey’s intent and that the message constituted a "true threat," a high legal bar that has fueled questions about whether the case can succeed, especially in the recent threat environment where Trump has now faced three alleged assassination attempts. "You prove intent like you always prove intent," acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said on "Meet the Press" this weekend. "You prove intent with witnesses. You prove intent with documents, with materials. ... This is not just about a si…