Former FBI Director James Comey on Monday formally asked a federal judge to dismiss his indictment on a charge of threatening to kill President Donald Trump, saying that the photo he posted of seashells spelling out the number "86 47" did not represent a "true threat."

Comey's lawyers, in their motion, said that the photo he took of the seashells on a North Carolina beach is free speech protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution.

And they said that the numerical phrase 8647 is a "well-known political slogan that expresses opposition to the president."

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