
By Brooke Mallory
The United States Secret Service (USSS) has initiated an investigation into former FBI Director James Comey following allegations that he incited violence against President Donald Trump in a now-deleted Instagram post.
The controversy arose after Comey, who was dismissed by Trump early in his first term presidency, shared an image featuring seashells arranged to form the numbers “8647.”
The number “86” is colloquially associated with the act of removing or eliminating something or someone — such as when a patron is “86’d” from a bar or restaurant after being too intoxicated or rowdy.
Therefore, the phrase “86 47” appears to convey a coded message advocating for the removal of the 47th president.
Online, Democrats contend that the post merely conveys Comey’s desire to see Trump removed from office, while conservatives assert that it is far from subtle, characterizing it as an unequivocal call for violence against Trump.
“Cool shell formation on my beach walk,” the former FBI chief captioned the post.
Comey has publicly expressed ongoing criticism of Trump, particularly after being dismissed from his position by him in 2017. In his book “A Higher Loyalty,” and in various interviews, Comey described Trump as morally unfit for office while condemning his leadership style.
Officials from the Trump administration, along with the president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., construed Comey’s post as an implicit death threat directed toward the GOP commander-in-chief…
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