Trump's Lawfare Against James Comey / Florida's 24-4 Gerrymander
WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 29 April 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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| 0:32.6 | From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch. |
| 0:43.9 | The Justice Department releases a new indictment of former FBI director James Comey, |
| 0:51.6 | alleging that his Instagram photo of seashells spelling out 8647 last year was a threat to kill President Trump. |
| 0:55.7 | Plus, after Democrats' gerrymander Virginia, Governor Ronda Santis releases a new map for Florida. That's Bill is helping the GOP pick up another four seats. |
| 1:01.8 | Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal. We're joined today by my colleague on the |
| 1:06.7 | WSJ's opinion pages, Matt Contenetti, a columnist for the new free expression newsletter. |
| 1:13.1 | The Trump administration's first effort to criminally charge James Comey, that one for alleged |
| 1:18.2 | false statements to Congress, was dismissed by a judge. But on Tuesday, the Justice Department |
| 1:23.5 | moved to try again with a new two-count indictment in the Eastern District of North Carolina, |
| 1:29.0 | which is focused on the former FBI chief's Instagram post last year, a photo of seashells that spelled |
| 1:35.7 | out the numbers 8647. According to the new indictment, Comey, quote, did knowingly and willfully |
| 1:42.8 | make a threat to take the life of and inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States. |
| 1:50.0 | Let's start with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche defending the seriousness of these charges on CBS. |
| 1:56.1 | Look at the indictment. That's not for me to decide. That's for the American people decide. And if you think, |
| 2:01.5 | if anybody in this country thinks, especially what happened over the past couple years with |
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