182. Trump Vs Comey - The ‘86 47’ Feud Explained
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Hello and welcome to The Rest Is Politics U.S. I'm Katty Kay, sitting in the kingdom of Washington, D.C., where everyone is fawning over royals. Anthony, you love us. You want us back.
Well, it's sort of like Hamilton, right? You'll be back. You'll be back. But, you know, I'm going to send a battalion to show you my love. But Trump posts, just to irritate everybody, on Truth Social, two kings, Gatti Gay. What do you think about that?
Yeah, of course he likes it. And then the other thing that Trump posted after making nice with the king, just to make sure he's not being too nice for those of you who can't see it on YouTube. No more Mr. Nice Guy. So we go from the decorum of the King, and we'll talk about that in the second half, to Trump back to good form. Before we get to the King's speech to Congress and how all of Washington seems to have fallen in love with King Charles, including Republicans, sort of, we are going to talk about the charges against former FBI Director James Comey over an alleged threat to Donald Trump's life. Jim Comey, the former FBI director, has been indicted by the Justice Department for the second time.
And I just thought it'd be worth reading people the indictment because I spoke to a prosecutor who said to me, this is the most embarrassing paragraph ever written in a Justice Department indictment. So let me just read to you. This is what it says. James Brian Comey Jr. did knowingly and willingfully make a threat to take the life of and to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States. Sounds serious, right? Sounds really bad. In that he publicly posted a photograph on the internet, social media site, Instagram, which depicted, drum roll, seashells. arranged in a pattern making out 86-47, which a reasonable recipient who is familiar with the circumstances would interpret as a serious expression of intent to do harm to the President of the United States.
They are dangerous things, seashells, Anthony. Dangerous things. And Jim Comey is now using a picture of seashells, allegedly, to try and threaten the President of the United States. This must be one of the more bogus indictments that the Justice Department has ever launched, but it's probably a very good job application for the acting Attorney General. What say you, Mr. Law Professor?
Well, the tweet is everything, right? No more Mr. Nice Guy. We're going to knock a domino into Jimmy Kimmel. We couldn't fire him last time. We're going to fire him. We're We couldn't get the indictment done last time. In America, I took criminal procedure 40 years ago, and I was told you could indict a ham sandwich, but not Trump's Injustice Department. They could not indict Tish James. They could not indict James Comey the first time. And so, you know, here we are. It's going to get thrown out. You know it's going to get thrown out, and I know it's going to get thrown out.
I bet it doesn't even make it to a jury.
No, yeah, no, the judge right now is punting. For those of you that don't follow American football, whichever judge is getting assigned to this is stretching their hamstring and is going to punt that document as far as they can out of the court.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:05–9:06
2
What are the implications of James Comey's indictment?
9:06–10:21
3
How does Trump use social media to influence public perception?
10:21–16:02
4
What does the indictment reveal about the Justice Department's actions?
16:02–26:17
5
How is Trump's approach to political retribution perceived?
26:17–32:56
6
What were the key points from King Charles' speech to Congress?
32:56–33:48
7
How do American politicians react to a British monarch's address?
33:48–40:44
Speakers
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