2026-07-27T17:25:13.265Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：霍姆斯·莱布兰德
2017年的美国联邦调查局前局长詹姆斯·科米。
安德鲁·哈尼克/美联社/档案照片
前联邦调查局局长詹姆斯·科米的律师已向联邦法官提出申请，要求驳回针对他的贝壳威胁案。该案原定于10月开庭审理，律师们辩称，这一发布至今已有一年的社交媒体帖子实际上并未对唐纳德·特朗普总统构成威胁。
在美国司法部试图对这位前局长提起另一项诉讼但失败后，联邦检察官将注意力转向了科米2025年发布的一张贝壳照片，照片中的贝壳排列成“86 47”字样。
科米为这张照片配文写道：“我在海滩散步时发现的有趣贝壳造型。”
数字“86”通常指丢弃或摆脱某样东西，而特朗普是美国第47任总统。
在周一提交的法庭文件中，科米的辩护团队援引了美国宪法第一修正案规定的基本权利，辩称法律禁止“政府利用刑事起诉压制政治反对声音”。
“该起诉针对并压制了核心政治言论，且从法律层面上讲无法成立，因此必须在现阶段予以驳回，”他的律师们写道。
特朗普的盟友，包括美国最大执法机构的负责人，去年曾声称科米在威胁特朗普的生命，特勤局随即对这些贝壳展开调查。
科米的律师团队表示，根据法律规定，要构成“真实威胁”，科米的帖子需要传达出“明确意图”，表明科米计划实施暴力行为。
“任何了解相关背景的理性观察者，都不会将‘86 47’这句话解读为对总统实施暴力，”科米的律师写道。“即便‘86 47’能被牵强地解读为暗示暴力，理性观察者仍会将科米的帖子视为纯粹的政治夸张言论，而非真实威胁。”
科米面临的指控包括威胁总统和跨州传播威胁信息。
今年4月，科米在北卡罗来纳州遭到起诉，不久后他在自己Substack账号发布的视频中作出回应。
“我仍然是无辜的，我仍然无所畏惧，”科米说。“我仍然相信独立的联邦司法系统，那就让我们继续吧。”
科米的传讯听证会定于9月30日举行。
James Comey asks judge to drop case over ‘86 47’ seashell post
2026-07-27T17:25:13.265Z / CNN
By Holmes Lybrand
Former FBI Director James Comey, in 2017.
Andrew Harnik/AP/File
Attorneys for former FBI Director James Comey asked a federal judge to dismiss the seashell threats case against him, which is set to go to trial in October, arguing that there was no actual threat against President Donald Trump in the now year-old post.
After the Justice Department had tried and failed to bring a separate case against the former director, federal prosecutors focused on a 2025 social media post from Comey of seashells spelling out “86 47.”
“Cool shell formation on my beach walk,” Comey wrote as the photo’s caption.
The number 86 often refers to tossing or getting rid of something, and Trump is the 47th president.
In Monday’s filing, Comey’s defense team described basic First Amendment rights, arguing the law prohibits “the government from using criminal prosecution to silence political opposition”
“Because the indictment targets and chills core political speech and fails as a matter of law, it must be dismissed at this juncture,” his attorneys wrote.
Allies of Trump, including those in charge of the country’s largest law enforcement agencies, claimed last year that Comey was threatening Trump’s life and the Secret Service was immediately tasked with investigating the seashells.
Comey’s attorneys say that to be a “true threat” under the law, Comey’s post would have needed to communicate a “serious expression” that Comey was going to commit violence.
“No reasonable observer who was aware of the relevant context would read the phrase ‘86 47’ to connote violence against the President,” Comey’s attorneys wrote. “But even if ‘86 47’ could implausibly be read to suggest violence, a reasonable observer would still understand Mr. Comey’s post as mere political hyperbole, not a true threat.”
Comey faces charges that include making a threat against the president and transmitting a threat in interstate commerce.
Shortly after his April indictment — which was brought in North Carolina —Comey responded in a video posted to his Substack account.
“I’m still innocent. I’m still not afraid,” Comey said. “And I still believe in the independent federal judiciary, so let’s go.”
Comey’s arraignment is scheduled for September 30.
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