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Ex-FBI chief Comey says he’s innocent, ‘still not afraid’ after indictment
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleFormer FBI director James Comey says he is “still innocent” and unafraid after US authorities indicted the critic of Donald Trump for threatening the life of the president.
“I’m still innocent, I’m still not afraid, and I still believe in the independent federal judiciary, so let’s go,” Comey says in a video statement.
The indictment by a grand jury in North Carolina stems from an Instagram post the 65-year-old Comey made last May which showed the numbers “86 47” spelled out in seashells — numbers which Trump claimed referred to a potential assassination.
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