Former FBI Director James Comey Indicted Over Alleged Trump Threat

Former FBI Director James Comey appears as a guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on May 20, 2025. —Scott Kowalchyk—CBS/Getty Images

The Justice Department has indicted former FBI Director James Comey over a 2025 social media post of seashells that allegedly threatened President Donald Trump.

The new charges include “knowingly and wilfully” making a threat against the President and transmitting a threat in interstate commerce, according to the indictment. A grand jury in the Eastern District of North Carolina...