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True Threats and True Crimes – Those Memes You Post Might Be Crimes

ID: 33768d82-7ba3-54d9-8801-68df2f51c304

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Feed Name: Security Boulevard

Date Published: 2026-05-04

Date Updated: 2026-05-05

Author: Mark Rasch

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The article analyzes the DOJ's reported indictment of James Comey for reposting an image spelling '86 47', arguing that Supreme Court precedents (Elonis v. United States and Counterman v. Colorado) require proof of at least recklessness as to the speaker's subjective intent and that the ambiguous, symbolic, and untargeted nature of the meme makes criminal liability constitutionally weak.

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