Comey Asks For 4-Month Delay of Trial in Trump Assassination Threat Case – DOJ Doesn’t Oppose

Embattled former FBI Director James Comey asked the court for a 4-month delay of the trial scheduled for next month in the Trump assassination threat case.

The Justice Department did not oppose Comey’s request.

Earlier this year, a grand jury from the Eastern District of North Carolina indicted Comey on two felony counts:

COUNT ONE: Knowingly and willfully make a threat to take the life of, and to inflict bodily harm upon, the President of the United States;

COUNT TWO: knowingly and willfully did transmit in interstate an...