we begin with that Trump crackdown on free speech. Really no other way to see it. James Comey's

interview with Nicole Wallace, which we were just discussing and of course wrapped up just about half an

hour ago lays out how he says the Trump administration is trying to scrutinize what is protected

speech or in Comey's case and we're going to show you

exactly what he said, speech that in no way had anything to do with, he says, any violent or

illegal intent. And yet the FBI director, who served until Trump fired him, is now being questioned

by the Secret Service. Comey recounting two investigative interviews. He's done with the Secret Service.

He called them professional, but he also completely opposes and debunks what is the reason

predicate for this current probe, the claim that his post of a photograph of seashells,

spelling out 8647, could be logically construed as a call to violence.

I thought, what a clever way to express a political view. The shells were the same color for each

of the letters, so different colors for the letters. It took a lot of work. Somebody with artistic

flair did that, and I have a hard time believing it was anybody with a dark intention,

and it certainly was no dark intention on my part, on my spouse's part.

Comey speaking carefully about that exact matter, and he is, of course, not only the former FBI director,

he was a longtime lawyer and prosecutor himself, of course, not only the former FBI director, he was a long-time

lawyer and prosecutor himself. So he understands that when you're in this situation, you do have to

address the claim, however thin the facts may be. He also noted that 86 is fairly old slang that

usually refers to removing an item or a shop being sold out of it. President Trump has not

hid his desire to target many perceived opponents with a range of so-called investigations or threatening

arrests or even indictment and jail. And the evidence here is that this is an effort to crack down

on free speech rather than, say, a freewheeling law enforcement effort

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