https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70nqk9rlxpo
Former FBI director James Comey is being investigated by the Secret Service after he shared then deleted a social media post, which Republicans alleged was an incitement to violence against US President Donald Trump.

Comey posted on Instagram a photo of seashells that spelled the numbers "8647", which he captioned: "Cool shell formation on my beach walk."

The number 86 is a slang term whose definitions include "to reject" or "to get rid of", according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, which also notes that it has more recently been used as a term meaning "to kill". And Trump is the 47th US president.

Comey insisted he did not know what the numbers meant, but Trump has disputed that.

Comey deleted the Instagram post, saying in a follow-up that he "assumed [the sea shells] were a political message".

"I didn't realise some folks associate those numbers with violence," he added. "It never occurred to me but I oppose violence of any kind so I took the post down."

But Trump argued that "a child knows what that meant".

"That meant assassination, and it says it loud and clear," Trump told Fox News in an interview, clips of which were released before broadcast on Friday. "Now, he wasn't very competent, but he was competent enough to know what that meant."

In a post in X, Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said: "We vigorously investigate anything that can be taken as a potential threat against our protectees.

"We are aware of the social media posts by the former FBI Director & we take rhetoric like this very seriously. Beyond that, we do not comment on protective intelligence matters."

Trump survived two assassination attempts last year.

Current FBI Director Kash Patel responded on social media, saying that the bureau was "aware of the recent social media post by former FBI Director James Comey, directed at President Trump".

"We are in communication with the Secret Service and Director Curran. Primary jurisdiction is with SS [Secret Service] on these matters and we, the FBI, will provide all necessary support."

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said on X: "Disgraced former FBI Director James Comey just called for the assassination of Trump."

She said her department and the Secret Service would investigate the matter.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino posted on X, accusing Comey of "a plea to bad actors/terrorists to assassinate the POTUS' while traveling internationally", referring to Trump's current tour of the Middle East.

The president's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr, also responded on X, commenting: "James Comey causally [sic] calling for my dad to be murdered."

Comey served as the FBI's director between 2013-17.

He had a tumultuous tenure that included overseeing the high-profile inquiry into Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton's email just weeks before the 2016 election that she ended up losing to Trump.

He was fired by Trump amid an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

>>1406668 (OP)
Isn't 86 just restaurant slang to take something off the menu? I've seen posts from Biden's era saying to 86 him and no one ever constituted that as an assassination call. impeachment and removal yeah but not killing.

>>1406670
Pretty much
Republicunts being thinskinned faggots who love making death threats but can't handle shit like this isn't really /news/
Its just another shillthread

>>1406668 (OP)
>old man doesn't know what he's posting
sounds familiar

>>1406670
8 miles out
6 feet down
That's what it means.

The very fact that Comey wasn't put in prison 6 years ago is just a testament to how corrupt the system is. He was leaking FBI documents during the Mueller investigation and was lying about Trump the entire time

posting in a russia thread

>>1406701
>The very fact that Comey wasn't put in prison 6 years ago should have been a testament to how corrupt Trump is, but I can't slurping that sweet shill slop
fixed that for you

>>1406703
Seek psychiatric help immediately

PAUL PELOSI

>>1406710
What are things mostly likely to be smashed with a hammer..?

>>1406668 (OP)
>slang term whose definitions include
and here we see the "journalist" purposefully obscure the primary meaning of the slang.

Hurting GOP fee-fees is a capital offense. Nobody said a word when the Obama ROPE images were posted.

Hurting GOP feelings? Anything that offends them? Capital idea!

>>1406723
D j t j thought pelosi's hammer attack was hilarious. The sociopath joked enough about it on Twitter.Stupids don't understand karma

MAGA Snowflakes: AAAAH 86 means MURDER DEATH KILL
Also MAGA Snowflakes: 86 means something completely different when I use it

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/james-comey-86-gaetz-maga-b2752452.html
>Meanwhile, just last year, Gaetz proudly tweeted that he’d “now 86’d” former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, former Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel and Sen. Mitch McConnell from their leadership posts, adding that “better days are ahead for the Republican Party.”

>>1406733
> the primary meaning of the slang.
which is what, according to you?

>>1406668 (OP)
Remember that 8646 was perfectly fine to do.

>>1406806
when

>>1406670
Right-wingers being thin-skinned hypocrites? Man, what a shock.

>>1406862
Last year.

>>1406806
Please provide evidence of anyone of note using "8646" or more direct threats.
"let's go Brandon" is a g-rated expression of dislike and not a threat.

>>1406801
see >>1406674
>8 miles out
>6 feet down
as the actual origin of the idiom.

>>1406909
kek

>>1406674
>>1406733
>>1406909
No it fucking doesn't.

>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86_(term)
>In the hospitality industry, it is used to indicate that an item is no longer available, traditionally from a food or drinks establishment, or referring to a person or people who are not welcome on the premises. Its etymology is unknown, but the term seems to have been coined in the 1920s or 1930s.

>>1406938
It literally isn't you fucking retard. This "8 miles away 6 feet under." fanfic you keep pushing is like saying "Did you know heck is a combination of fuck and hell, so it's actually worse than both?"

>>1406909
>>1406936
>>1406938
where do you people get this shit from?

>>1406954
you know we already googled it, right? post the link you found from google then, i don't believe you and I need a good laugh.

>>1406959
so you really are esl

>>1406866
>>1406800
2 out of every 3 white American men under the age of 40 voted for trump. says a lot about what you must be

>>1406970
source? (besides your ass)

>>1406971
keep crying
https://now.tufts.edu/sites/default/files/styles/x_small_480w/public/uploaded-assets/images/2024-11/young-white-men-strongly-support-trump-young-white-women-and-latino-men-split-their-vote.png

>>1406981
i don't have time to humiliate you today faggot, someone else will have to fulfill your degradation fantasy

>>1406942
You know Trump is in a position of power he can be REMOVED from, right? Saying Trump should be removed from office isn't the same as threatening to kill him. If it was he'd be in Guantanamo from how many times he said it about Biden.

I called the retard factory to order more of you, they said code 86

>>1406977
>>1407037
half of america didn't vote.

>>1407060
my point was the people who voted for trump were not half the country like you seem to think

>>1407063
now you're projecting, as expected

>>1407067
>make false claim
>get utterly BTFO
>bBbButttt da sEmAnTIcs
kek

>>1407073
Have you signed up to be one of the 20000 new border patrol agents, Anon? (inb4 not american)