{"id":1060,"date":"2026-05-26T16:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T16:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=1060"},"modified":"2026-05-26T16:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T16:36:09","slug":"why-the-james-comey-trial-over-nc-seashells-photo-is-now-pushed-to-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=1060","title":{"rendered":"Why the James Comey trial over NC seashells photo is now pushed to fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"summary\">AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article280707640.html\">Read our AI Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The federal case accusing former FBI Director James Comey of threatening the president\u2019s life with a photo of seashells has been pushed into the fall after a recent court order.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=1059\">UNC baseball begins NCAA Tournament at home. Who will the Tar Heels play?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week, Comey asked U.S. District Judge Louise Flanagan to push back the schedule, which had set the case for trial on July 15. In a May 20 filing, Comey\u2019s attorneys said the legal team needed more time to receive evidence from the government before challenging the charges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Comey expects to file multiple motions on constitutional grounds seeking dismissal of the indictment,\u201d the filing states.<\/p>\n<p>Comey\u2019s attorneys said those motions will be based, in part, on evidence they haven\u2019t received yet from the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the federal Eastern District of North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Flanagan granted the request. Under the new schedule, pretrial motions are due July 28. Comey\u2019s arraignment, a hearing in which he would plead guilty or not guilty, is set for 10 a.m. Sept. 30 at the federal courthouse in New Bern.<\/p>\n<p>If the case proceeds to a jury trial, it is now scheduled to begin Oct. 21, also in New Bern, where Flanagan is based.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=1058\">NCAA announces 2026 tournament field. Did NC State baseball make the cut?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The case stems from a May 2025 Instagram post in which Comey shared a photo of seashells arranged to read \u201c86 47\u201d that he said he found on a North Carolina beach. Prosecutors say the post amounted to a threat against President Donald Trump, the 47th president. Comey has said he did not intend the post as a threat and removed it after learning others interpreted it that way.<\/p>\n<p>A North Carolina grand jury indicted Comey on April 28 on two felony charges: threatening the president and transmitting a threat across state lines. Each charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>The case has drawn national attention as it tests the line between protected political speech and what federal law treats as a true threat.<\/p>\n<p>Comey\u2019s attorneys are expected to argue that the indictment should be dismissed on constitutional grounds, including First Amendment protections.<\/p>\n<p>They may also raise arguments about selective or vindictive prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>Comey\u2019s team filed a similar motion challenging a September 2025 indictment in Virginia that accused Comey of lying to Congress about leaks to the press. That case was dismissed after two months. A federal judge ruled that Lindsey Halligan, the interim U.S. attorney who sought that indictment, was unlawfully appointed.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=1057\">Woman accused of shooting attorneys outside Wake courthouse to remain in jail<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Comey\u2019s North Carolina trial over a seashell photo prosecutors say threatened President Trump has been delayed until October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-read-todays-edition"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why the James Comey trial over NC seashells photo is now pushed to fall - 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