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The Beat with Ari Melber

Trump DOJ Indicts Former FBI Director Comey

The Beat with Ari Melber

Ari Melber, MS NOW

Politics, News, Versant Media, Ms Now, Daily News, Versant, Government

4.64.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The Trump Justice Department has charged former FBI Director James Comey again, following the dismissal of his first indictment. MS NOW’s Antonia Hylton reports, and is joined by Hofstra University’s James Sample and former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance.

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0:00.0

I'm Antonia Hilton in this evening for Ari Melbur. We start tonight with Donald Trump's

0:06.0

Justice Department indicting former FBI director James Comey. And not for the first time. This is the

0:12.2

second case against Comey after the first attempt collapsed, putting one of Trump's most

0:17.5

prominent, perceived political enemies firmly back into the spotlight.

0:22.2

The New York Times calling it, quote, another twist in the department's tortured efforts

0:26.7

to satisfy the demands of Mr. Trump to target Comey, a longtime foe of the president.

0:33.0

This charge is over a social media post made nearly one year ago of a photograph of seashells arranged

0:40.1

to say 86.86 is often slang used in places like restaurants for to remove. And Trump is of course

0:49.6

the 47th president. The DOJ is claiming Comey did, quote, knowingly and willfully make a threat to take

0:57.1

the life of and to inflict bodily harm upon Trump by posting that image, citing a statute that

1:03.7

criminalizes threats to the president. The indictment comes as acting AG Todd Blanche currently

1:08.8

helming the DOJ has been making splashy moves

1:12.3

to permanently get that top job.

1:14.6

Blanche answering questions about free speech

1:17.5

versus true threats.

1:21.5

For critics who say,

1:22.8

where does free speech end

1:26.3

and an actual threat of violence.

1:29.7

Biggie.

1:30.9

I don't know what critics say that, especially today,

1:34.2

but it's not a very difficult line to look at,

1:38.1

and it's not in my mind a difficult line for one to cross over one way or the other.

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