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Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to keep a criminal case alive over a social media post by James Comey that displayed seashells arranged to spell "86 47." The number 47 refers to Donald Trump's position in the presidential sequence.
The shorthand "86," drawn from American vernacular, means to eliminate or kill someone. The Department of Justice cited Comey's own published novel in its court filing.
Prosecutors used the book to argue that Comey understood what the phrase meant when he made the post. The government is opposing a move that would end the case before trial.
What prosecutors put in writing The DOJ's core argument is about how an outside observer would read the image.
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