2026年4月29日 下午4:16 UTC / 路透社
作者：迈克·斯卡塞拉与安德鲁·古兹沃德
2026年4月29日 下午4:16 UTC 更新于5分钟前
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- 概要
- 科米宣称自己无罪，其律师称起诉具有政治动机
- 涉及“86 47”贝壳造型的Instagram帖子被指为威胁指控的依据
- 此前科米因向国会撒谎的司法部案件已被联邦法官驳回
弗吉尼亚州亚历山大市4月29日（路透社）——前FBI局长詹姆斯·科米周三在弗吉尼亚州联邦法院出庭，此前一天他因一份社交媒体帖子被起诉，检方称该帖子威胁了总统唐纳德·特朗普。
科米因两项罪名自首，包括威胁总统生命和跨州传递威胁信息。这位前FBI局长在简短的庭审中并未发言。他的律师帕特里克·菲茨杰拉德表示，他将辩称本案是报复性起诉，即提起诉讼是为了惩罚科米行使合法权利。
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美国弗吉尼亚东区联邦治安法官威廉·菲茨帕特里克下令释放科米，未施加任何特殊保释条件。他的下一次庭审预计将在北卡罗来纳州进行，周二当地联邦大陪审团已在那里提起公诉。科米的多名家人在庭审开始前不久进入了法院大楼。
科米已表示自己无罪，并将在法庭上对抗这些指控。
这起起诉是特朗普政府司法部对科米的持续追究，科米去年在另一桩案件中被起诉但未定罪，此次起诉标志着当局再次推动以刑事起诉对付被视为总统政治敌人的人士。特朗普去年在一篇社交媒体帖子中点名呼吁对其对手提起刑事指控。
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科米周三在法庭上聆听了菲茨杰拉德宣读各项罪名，每项罪名最高可判处五年监禁。
贝壳造型帖子
指控与科米去年5月在Instagram上发布的一张照片有关，照片中沙滩上的贝壳被排列成数字“86 47”。
“86”是源自餐饮业的俚语，意为“赶走”或“驱逐某人”。47则可能指特朗普是美国第47任总统。
起诉书称，该信息的合理接收者会将其解读为对特朗普的威胁。
特朗普周三对记者表示，他认为“86”是“黑帮术语”。
“人们认为这和消失有关，但黑帮用这个词来表示他们想要杀掉某人的时候，”特朗普在白宫对记者说道。
当被问及是否认为该帖子危及他的生命时，特朗普回应：“有可能吧，我不知道。”
科米在帖子发布后不久就将其删除，称他当时认为这是一条政治信息，并未意识到这个数字组合可能与暴力有关。
作为特朗普长期以来的政敌，科米如今在特朗普第二届政府任期内已经面临两起刑事案件。此前一起指控他向国会撒谎的案件已被联邦法官驳回。
特朗普持续抨击科米
多年来，特朗普一直抨击科米，因其在2016年监督调查特朗普首次总统竞选团队与俄罗斯官员所谓关联的工作。
代理司法部长托德·布兰奇迅速落实了特朗普对提起刑事诉讼的要求。布兰奇的前任帕姆·邦迪部分因在这些案件上行动不够迅速而被解职。
自本月早些时候布兰奇接任最高职位以来，司法部已对南方贫困法律中心提起刑事指控，恢复使用枪决和电刑作为联邦死刑的执行方式，发布了一份关于过去起诉反堕胎活动人士的批评报告，并以涉嫌隐瞒与新冠疫情研究相关记录为由，起诉了前美国国家过敏和传染病研究所所长安东尼·福奇的一名助手。
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Ex-FBI chief Comey released after court appearance on alleged Trump threat
2026-04-29 4:16 PM UTC / Reuters
By Mike Scarcella and Andrew Goudsward
April 29, 2026 4:16 PM UTC Updated 5 mins ago
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* Summary
* Comey claims innocence, attorney calls prosecution politically motivated
* Instagram post with ’86 47′ seashells cited as basis for threat charges
* Previous DOJ case against Comey for lying to Congress was dismissed by federal judge
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 29 (Reuters) – Former FBI Director James Comey appeared in federal court in Virginia on Wednesday, a day after being indicted over a social media post that prosecutors allege threatened President Donald Trump.
Comey turned himself in on two charges, including threatening the life of the president and transmitting threats across state lines. The former FBI director did not speak during a brief court appearance. His attorney, Patrick Fitzgerald, said he would argue that the case is a vindictive prosecution, meaning it was brought to punish Comey for exercising his legal rights.
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U.S. Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick of the Eastern District of Virginia ordered Comey released and did not impose any special conditions. His next court appearance is expected in North Carolina, where a federal grand jury returned the indictment on Tuesday. Members of Comey’s family entered the courthouse shortly before the proceeding began.
Comey has said he is innocent and will fight the accusations in court.
The indictment continues the Trump Justice Department’s pursuit of Comey, who was unsuccessfully prosecuted last year in a separate case, and marks a renewed push to target perceived political enemies of the president with criminal prosecution. Trump last year by name in a social media post calling for criminal charges against his adversaries.
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Comey listened in court on Wednesday as Fitzpatrick read aloud the charges, which carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
SEASHELL POST
The charges relate to a post Comey made on Instagram last May showing seashells arranged on a beach to form the numbers “86 47.”
The number “86” is a slang term originating in the restaurant industry that can mean to “get rid of” or throw someone out. Forty-seven is a possible reference to Trump as the 47th U.S. president.
The indictment alleged that a reasonable recipient of the message would interpret it as a threat to Trump.
Trump told reporters on Wednesday that he viewed “86” as a “mob term.”
“People think of it as something having to do with disappearing, but the mob uses that term to say when they want to kill somebody,” Trump told reporters at the White House.
Asked whether he thought the post put his life in danger, Trump responded, “Probably. I don’t know.”
Comey deleted the post shortly after it was published, saying he viewed it as a political message and was not aware that the number could be associated with violence.
Comey, a longtime Trump foe, has now faced two criminal cases from the Justice Department during Trump’s second administration. A previous case accusing him of lying to Congress was dismissed by a federal judge.
TRUMP RAINED AGAINST COMEY
Trump has for years railed against Comey over his role overseeing an FBI investigation into alleged ties between Trump’s first presidential campaign and Russian officials in 2016.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved quickly to carry out Trump’s demands for criminal cases. Blanche’s predecessor, Pam Bondi, was ousted in part for not moving fast enough on them.
Since Blanche took over the top post earlier this month, the Justice Department has brought criminal charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center, reinstated the firing squad and electrocution as options for the federal death penalty, released a critical report on past prosecutions of anti-abortion activists and indicted an aide to Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, for allegedly concealing records related to COVID-19 research.
Reporting by Mike Scarcella and Andrew Goudsward; Additional reporting by Susan Heavy; Editing by Scott Malone and David Gregorio
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