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Comey is charged in the new case with knowingly communicating information related to national defense to a person not entitled to receive it.
He also is charged with conspiring with others to violate the law against sharing such information.
The criminal complaint in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. says Comey, “through one or more co-conspirators,” directed an unnamed individual to disclose national defense information to a reporter for a national news publication.”
James Comey was indicted by a federal grand jury in North Carolina in late April on charges related to his allegedly threatening the life of President Donald Trump by posting on Instagram a photo of seashells on a beach arranged to form the numbers “86 47.”
Prosecutors claim that the number “86” — which is often used in restaurants to indicate a menu item is no longer available — was code for suggesting someone kill Trump, who is the 47th U.S. president.
Comey has denied any wrongdoing in that case and is seeking to have the indictment tossed out by a judge.
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