Manic Trump Desperately Scrambles to Explain DOJ’s ‘Worst Case Ever’
The Daily Beast • • nation
Key Points:
- President Donald Trump is actively supporting the Justice Department’s criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey, which many view as a petty act of revenge related to Comey’s prior investigation into Trump.
- The case centers around seashells Comey found on a North Carolina beach, arranged to spell “86 47,” which Trump interprets as a coded threat to his life, claiming “86” is mob slang for “kill him.”
- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has revived the case after Pam Bondi was fired for allegedly not pursuing Trump’s political opponents aggressively enough.
- Legal experts and even some of Trump’s allies criticize the case as weak and unlikely to lead to a conviction, with one former DOJ official calling it “the worst case DOJ has filed in my lifetime.”
- Media commentators and lawyers close to Trump widely expect the charges to be dismissed before trial, describing the case as embarrassing and depressing.
