3 d. ago Former FBI director James Comey says claim that his ‘8647’ Instagram post was threatening is ‘crazy’

‘It’s not my first rodeo’ with Trump, Comey tells Nicolle Wallace

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3 d. ago Former FBI director James Comey calls controversy over Instagram post "a bit of a distraction"

Former FBI director James Comey says that he’s still a bit bewildered over how a seemingly innocent Instagram shot of shells arranged in the sand led to allegations from Donald Trump among others that he was calling for the president’s assassination and to an interview with the Secret Service."

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4 d. ago Comey says ‘8647’ post that caused Trump firestorm was totally innocent

Former FBI director describes as ‘crazy’ claim that seashell photo on Instagram signified assassination callJames Comey was taking a walk on the beach with his wife when they happened upon a message in the sand: 8647.According to the former FBI director, his wife initially asked if the cryptic seashell formation was an address. They puzzled over the shells, trying to decipher meaning. His wife, according to Comey’s account, remembered her days as a server in a restaurant, when 86 was the term staff used to remove an item from the menu. Comey mused that when he was younger, kids would say 86 to mean “to ditch a place”. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says James Comey ‘brought shame to FBI again’ over ‘86 47’ pic

Comey, who was dismissed by President Donald Trump in 2017, shared a photo reading “86 47,” drawing outrage from the right.

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7 d. ago Trump accuses former FBI director of calling for his killing through coded picture

James Comey posted picture of shells arranged to say ‘8647’, using common slang for kicking a customer out of a barJames Comey is accused of calling for Trump’s death – but what does ‘86’ really mean?Donald Trump accused the former FBI director James Comey on Friday of calling for his assassination in a coded social media post written in seashells.Comey’s Instagram post – a photograph of seashells on a beach arranged to spell the numbers 8647, which he captioned “Cool shell formation on my beach walk” – was used by rightwing supporters of Trump to claim that it was a call to assassinate the US president. The Secret Service said it has launched an investigation. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Trump claims ‘8647’ photo from former FBI director James Comey was call to assassinate him – US politics live

US president claims ‘a child would know’ what that slogan means as US Secret Service investigates now-deleted photo of seashells posted on InstagramAlso on Iran, AFP reports that Trump said earlier that Tehran should make a quick decision on an American proposal for a nuclear deal or “something bad will happen”.Speaking in Abu Dhabi as he finished his Gulf tour, Trump said his administration had handed Iran a proposal for a agreement, adding that “they know they have to move quickly or something bad is going to happen”. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Matt Gaetz insists his use of ‘86’ is ‘distinct’ from Comey’s ‘threat’ as MAGA accused of hypocrisy over term

Exclusive: Matt Gaetz told The Independent that his tweet last year saying he ‘had 86’d’ a number of Republicans from leadership positions was ‘distinct’ from James Comey’s post because the former FBI director ‘was putting out a call for future action’ while Gaetz’s was ‘in past tense’

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7 d. ago What does 8647 mean? The disturbing Trump Assassination movement as MAGA calls for FBI director's arrest

A disturbing movement calling for Donald Trump 's assassination appeared to get a high-profile nod from former FBI Director James Comey on Thursday.

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7 d. ago What does 8647 mean? The ‘code’ that landed James Comey in hot water with the Secret Service

‘We are aware of the recent social media post by former FBI Director James Comey, directed at President Trump,’

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7 d. ago Secret Service probe former FBI boss James Comey over post allegedly aimed at Trump

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 President Donald Trump

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7 d. ago Former FBI director James Comey's bizarre excuse for post calling to 'assassinate the President'

Comey posted - and then swiftly deleted - a cryptic picture on his Instagram page on Thursday which featured an assortment of shells arranged to spell out '86 47.'

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7 d. ago MAGA demands immediate arrest of former FBI director James Comey after he 'called for assassination' of Trump

Former FBI director James Comey is under investigation for implying President Donald Trump 'should be assassinated.'

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7 d. ago James Comey investigated over seashell photo claimed to be ‘threat’ against Trump

Ex-FBI director deletes Instagram post of shells in ‘8647’ formation that Republicans claim is code for assassinationA photo of seashells posted on Instagram by the former FBI director James Comey is now being investigated by the US Secret Service, after the US homeland security secretary Kristi Noem said it constituted a “threat” against Donald Trump.On Thursday, Comey posted a photo of seashells forming the message “8647”, with a caption that read: “Cool shell formation on my beach walk.” Continue reading...

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8 d. ago MAGA demands immediate arrest of former FBI director after he 'called for assassination' of Trump

Former FBI director James Comey is under investigation for implying President Donald Trump 'should be assassinated.'

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