Former FBI Director James Comey argued that criminal charges stemming from an Instagram post should be dropped because his speech is protected by the First Amendment.

Comey’s photograph of sea shells reading “86 47” was at most “political hyperbole,” his attorneys argued.

Former FBI Director James Comey is urging a judge to throw out federal charges against him. He's arguing that a photo of seashells arranged on a beach he posted on social media…