In a case that tests the outer boundaries of what language — and what silence — can mean before the law, former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted for allegedly threatening the life of President Donald Trump through a now-deleted social media image of seashells arranged as the numbers 8647. The charge rests not on words spoken, but on symbols interpreted, placing the case at the ancient and unresolved crossroads of intent, expression, and consequence. That the post has been deleted, and that the numbers carry no single agreed-upon meaning, only deepens the question courts will now be a
What '8647' means: Decoding the symbol at center of Comey indictment
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