Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted in April 2026 for posting a beach photo with seashells arranged as '8647'—numbers that Trump officials claimed constituted a threat against the president. This post uses that verified indictment to make a broader free-speech argument: if this can be prosecuted, political opponents can be charged for any expression officials deem offensive. The core factual premise is solid (multiple Tier 1 outlets confirm the indictment and seashell details), but the post doesn't address the actual legal standard courts use to distinguish protected political speech from criminal threats—a detail that matters for evaluating whether this precedent is as dangerous as the framing suggests.