NEW: Federal Judge Issues Arrest Warrant For James Comey

A federal judge in North Carolina has issued an arrest warrant for former FBI Director James Comey after a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment on Tuesday. The charges stem from a May 2025 Instagram post in which Comey shared a photograph of seashells arranged on a beach to form the numbers “86 47.” Officials interpreted the post as a threat against President Donald Trump, the 47th president, as “86” is a common slang term for eliminate or kill. Comey deleted the post shortly afterward and stated that he viewed the shell arrangement as a political message rather than a call to violence. “I didn’t realize some folks associate those numbers with violence” and “I oppose violence of any kind so I took the post down,” he said. The two-count indictment charges Comey with “knowingly