The high court a decade ago explicitly overturned the legal standard that prosecutors are now citing to charge Comey with threatening President Trump.
The Comey indictment could be upended by this 2015 Supreme Court precedent
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The Comey indictment could be upended by this 2015 Supreme Court precedent