Federal judge grants James Comey's request to delay criminal trial over seashells social media post.
U.S. District Judge Louise Wood Flanagan rescheduled James Comey's criminal trial to October 21, granting a delay request that prosecutors did not oppose. Comey faces charges of threatening President Donald Trump through an Instagram post showing seashells arranged as "86 47."
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