News Wrap: Comey denies wrongdoing as he appears in court over new indictment
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🗓️ 29 April 2026
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| 0:00.0 | In the day's other headlines, former FBI director James Comey appeared in a Virginia court today |
| 0:06.2 | on charges that he threatened President Trump's life. During the brief closed-door hearing, |
| 0:11.6 | Comey did not enter a plea deal, but his lawyer said they planned to argue his prosecution is vindictive |
| 0:17.1 | and selective. Comey faces two criminal charges related to a photo he posted online last year |
| 0:23.0 | of seashells spelling out the numbers 86-47, 86 being common slang for getting rid of something |
| 0:29.7 | or someone, and Trump being the 47th president. Comey later removed the post. He's denied any wrongdoing. |
| 0:37.0 | In California today, Elon Musk was back on the stand |
| 0:40.1 | for a second day of testimony, part of his lawsuit against Open AI and its co-founder, Sam Altman. |
| 0:46.8 | During tense at times combative cross-examination, Musk said he was a fool for helping to fund Open AI in its early days. |
| 0:54.9 | Musk said he was tricked into believing the chat GPT creator would remain a non-profit |
| 0:59.9 | instead of the $800 billion giant it is today. |
| 1:03.6 | He split with the company in 2018 and is seeking more than $150 billion in damages. |
| 1:09.8 | A lawyer for OpenAI says Musk only filed the lawsuit because he, quote, |
| 1:14.1 | didn't get his way. A cleanup is underway in northern Texas today after intense storms injured |
| 1:20.9 | at least five people and left a path of destruction. Aerial footage from this morning shows |
| 1:26.2 | demolished homes and toppled trees in the |
| 1:28.7 | small city of mineral wells about an hour west of Fort Worth. The storm brought hail and at least |
| 1:34.4 | one confirmed tornado that scattered debris and crushed roofs. Local officials told reporters |
| 1:40.2 | today a curfew is in place for a second night as they start to rebuild. |
| 1:45.0 | One thing that we're really extremely good at is caring for each other. So, you know, we're |
| 1:50.0 | here. We're going to be here until this is all cleaned up, and then we'll rebuild it, and |
| 1:55.0 | we're going to make it look better than it was. |
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