Oh, to be a fly on the wall.
ABC’s Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl reported on “Good Morning America” Wednesday that even President Donald Trump’s allies think the new indictment of former FBI Director James Comey is a waste of time, and have been expressing this opinion behind the president’s back, per a video published by Mediaite.
On Tuesday, the Justice Department indicted Comey after a grand jury in North Carolina accused him of two counts of making threats against the president’s life over an Instagram post that the former FBI director shared almost a year ago, and later deleted.
The post in question included a photo of seashells on a beach arranged to read, “86 47.” The number 86 is sometimes used as slang for tossing something out or getting rid of it, and is often used in restaurants to indicate a menu item is no longer available.
“GMA” co-anchor George Stephanopoulos noted to Karl Wednesday that the “first indictment of James Comey was dismissed,” and that “lawyers close to the president” said this indictment would likely see the same fate.
