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The phrase "86 47" needs a translation. "86" is American slang, borrowed from restaurant kitchens, for eliminating or cutting something. "47" is the number of the current president.
Federal prosecutors say that combination, posted by former FBI Director James Comey alongside seashells, reads plainly as a death threat against President Trump.
The Justice Department is arguing the case should not be dismissed.
Prosecutors filed a response telling the judge that "there is no serious dispute that an objective viewer of Comey's post could read it to mean 'Kill President Trump.'" Read that carefully: the government's claim is that the post could be read that way, not that the meaning is settled.
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