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Comey learns fate of bid to delay trial over ‘86 47’ seashell post at center of Trump threat case

A federal judge delayed former FBI Director James Comey's trial until October as he fights federal charges accusing him of threatening to harm President Donald Trump through the "86 47" seashell photo he posted to Instagram in 2025. Comey’s attorneys are preparing "multiple motions on constitutional grounds" that they argue could lead to the case being thrown out, according to their motion filed earlier in May. The trial was initially set to begin in July, and prosecutors did not object to the schedule change to Oct. 21. The delay gives Comey’s defense team more time to challenge whether the p...