Television interview on NBC's Meet the Press featuring two hosts discussing current events, with the White House in the background.

Television interview on NBC's Meet the Press featuring two hosts discussing current events, with the White House in the background.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche schools “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker while discussing the indictment of James Comey. Credit: NBC screenshot

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche ably smacked down NBC’s Kristen Welker after she called into question the prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey for threatening President Trump’s life and hinted that more bombshells are about to drop in the case.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, an arrest warrant was issued for former FBI Director James Comey after he was indicted by a grand jury in the Eastern District of North Carolina related to his Trump assassination post on Instagram.

The US Marshals were asked to provide Comey with the indictment and they issued an arrest warrant. Comey faces up to 20 years in prison.

Last May, Comey called for Trump to be killed in a Instagram post which said “8647” in seashell formation.

On “Meet the Press,” Welker openly questioned Blanche on how one single seashell image could be regarded as a serious threat against the most powerful person in the world.

Blanche responded by saying this was an ongoing investigation before dropping a mini-bombshell: Investigators are looking at more than just the Instagram post Comey made.

So, what else did Comey do?

WATCH:

WELKER: The grand jury has indicted the former FBI director for this Instagram post (shows “8647” post)…8647 in seashells which the indictment says quote “a reasonable recipient who is familiar with the circumstances would interpret as a serious expression of an intent to do harm to the President of the United States.

How does that image of seashells amount to a serious threat against the president’s life?

BLANCHE: Well, every case requires an investigation. And what you just showed is one part of that investigation. What you just showed is the Instagram post. Rest assured that the career assistant United States attorneys in North Carolina, the career FBI agents, the career secret service agents that investigated this case didn’t just look at the Instagram post and walk away.

That’s why you saw an indictment last week, notwithstanding the fact that it was last May that the post was made. So I am not permitted to get into the details of what the grand jury heard or found, as you know. But rest assured that it’s not just the Instagram post that leads somebody to get indicted.

Welker then tried to run cover for Comey by taking him at his word that he didn’t understand how such a post could be interpreted as violence and asked how he could prove intent in spite of this.

Blache responded by giving her a basic legal lesson while reiterating that this goes well beyond just one Instagram post.

WELKER: Part of what the government would have to prove is intent. James Comey deleted the post the same day and he wrote quote “I didn’t realize folks associate those numbers with violence.”

“It never occurred to me but I oppose violence of any kind so I took the post down.” How do you prove intent, Mr. Blanche, when Mr. Comey himself said he didn’t understand that some people would look at that and think about violence?

BLANCHE: You prove intent like you always prove intent You prove intent with witnesses, you prove intent with documents, with materials. So again, this is not just about a single Instagram post. This is about a body of evidence that the grand jury collected over the series of about 11 months.

That evidence was presented to the grand jury. And it’s not the government. It’s not the Department of Justice. It’s not Todd Blanche that returned an indictment against James Comey.

It’s the grand jury, part of the judicial process, and that this process has to be allowed to play out in the courts.

It’s not fair to Mr. Comey, it’s certainly not fair to the prosecutors for us to be airing your view or my view of this indictment. It’s something that will be presented in court at the time set by the judge.

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