Former FBI Director James Comey turned himself in Wednesday to federal authorities after being indicted by a grand jury on charges of threatening to kill President Trump in a social media post last year.
Comey, 65, surrendered at the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Va., near his home, ahead of an initial court appearance. He has denied wrongdoing.
The former bureau boss posted an image of seashells arranged on a beach to form the numbers “86 47″ on his Instagram on May 15, 2025, before deleting the message.
On Tuesday, the Justice Department announced that a North Carolina grand jury had indicted Comey on one count of “knowingly and willfully making a threat to take the life of and to inflict bodily harm upon the president of the United States” and one count of “knowingly and willfully transmitting an interstate commerce communication that contained a threat to kill the president of the United States.”
