Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem today accused former FBI Director James Comey for calling for President Donald Trump’s assassination. Noem said federal law enforcement authorities are investigating the threat.
“Disgraced former FBI Director James Comey just called for the assassination of @POTUS Trump,” Noem wrote on X on Thursday evening. “DHS and Secret Service is investigating this threat and will respond appropriately.”
Noem made the statement after Comey posted a photo earlier in the day on Instagram that showed several seashells arranged to form the numbers “86 47.”
“86” is well-known slang that mean killing someone. And the number 47 could mean the 47th president. It’s a number that is showing up among those who want President Trump gone, or even dead.
Comey, who was appointed to the head of the FBI by President Barack Obama and who is a virulent Trump hater, took the photo down from Instagram after Noem made her accusation, and he then wrote that he didn’t intend to call for violence.
“I posted earlier a picture of some shells I saw today on a beach walk, which I assumed were a political message,” Comey wrote in a second post on Instagram.
Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the Secret Service is investigating as it “vigorously investigates anything that can be taken as a potential threat against our protectees.”
FBI Director Kash Patel said that the primary jurisdiction is with the Secret Service, but his agency would provide support as needed.
Taylor Budowich, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich wrote that Comey’s post is “deeply concerning to all of us” and that it is no laughing matter.
“While President Trump is currently on an international trip to the Middle East, the former FBI Director puts out what can clearly be interpreted as ‘a hit’ on the sitting President of the United States — a message etched in the sand,” Budowich wrote.
Yes he did.
Threaten? Probably not.
Make a total backside of himself? Absolutely.
But I hope he has fun when he gets his visit from Secret Service.
This is absolutely bizarre. It’s hard to fathom that a former FBI Director could post something like that ignorantly. I also don’t think he’s crazy. It’s tempting to believe that he’s trying to motivate kooks like Oswald, Chapman, Hinckley, Routh, et al to kill the POTUS. Average citizens can be arrested and imprisoned for such stuff.
I think he’s crossed the line.
The raging hatred among the TDS diehards, like Princess Lisa and like Comey here, is so all-consuming that it just cannot remain suppressed and unexpressed.
Right on. I’ve got a couple family members so ingrained, it’s like they need a Dr. Phil intervention. “Why do you care where someone poops?” Ah, because I have 2 daughters that’s why. More care for illegal immigrants and their sex change operations and Palestinian virtue signaling than our own people.
The TDS crowd is dangerous.
They are ignorant of history.
They hate western culture.
They are dangerous.
They want a maoist, Marxist, Nazi type revolution in this country.
They are aiming for another civil war.
Who would win?
Purple and blue hairs that can’t decide what bathrooms to use?
The anti-gun grabber crowd that hates the US Constitution?
Or the millions and millions of veterans that have fought wars around the globe over the last 30 years?
The millions and millions of families that hunt wild game with rifles and shotguns?
The millions and millions that love the Flag, God, and country?
I know…
So sure of yourself….There are so many liberals who you get wrong here- I can think of a few who’ve spent their lives pushing pots around on the Bering sea- just because they don’t hate gay people doesnt make them weak- good luck.
…and 86 doesn’t mean murder- means they want you out of the bar
Fish,Keep your full pots on the stove where they belong,dont forget to buy a fresh bag of rubbers to keep your grundens bloused up on deck.Make sure the full share men/women/greenhorns help get boxes of grub to the boat.
Coffee strong Sister…
“…….86 doesn’t mean murder- means they want you out of the bar……….”
It was also code used by organized criminals (like Comey) to kill people. And even if that “wasn’t what he meant”, there are no shortages of Oswalds, Chapmans, Hinckleys, Rouths, Crooks, Booths, Czolgoszs, Guiteaus, Precips, Moores, Frommes,………do I really need to go on back to Marcus Junius Brutus? Of all people, as a former FBI Director, Comey should know better. This is why many are wondering if inspiring unhinged people is precisely his goal (inspirational conspiracy). If he had the intelligence of a 5th grade miscreant, he’d enjoy that beach and his pension quietly so he wouldn’t get transported to a windowless room, with a bright light shone in his face, and worked into a perjury trap.
What a “maroon” (what does that mean, Webster? Oh, maybe I’m a poor speller, or fan of Bugs Bunny……….?). This is what derangement can earn one. Try to catch the clue………..
I would enjoy watching comey being locked up for the rest of his days. As I’ve said over and over eventually these crooked a//// end up falling on their own sword. It’s fascinating how fast it seems to be happening. He is an absolute has been motor mouth that was never qualified for the job Obama had him in. In fact Obama was not qualified for the job he was in either. Hustler and a con man.
Now that’s a real dirty cop. And a POS.
Apparently when you a Democrat the law does not apply. If he was some joe he would already be in custody. This guy is why Hillary is not in prison, He feels he is beyond the reach of the law.
Comey is a liar, and he proved that long ago. In this instance, he does not deserve the benefit of a doubt. It was not an innocent happenstance.
Of course he threatened Trump, and of course he will again, because he cannot help himself. He truly thinks he is better than everyone else, and should be held to a different standard of behavior. He was a bullcrap artist when he was in service, and he remains delusional. Lock his bony ass up.
No.
86 means “thrown out”
“I 86ed him last night” …… “I 86ed that ham, it smelled bad”
Any bartenders here?
Yes.
Please stop drinking.
“86” in the mafia, gangs, the mob – means to execute someone – to assassinate someone.
As you point out “86” can mean thrown out as it applies to drunks in a bar or rotten ham.
However the Mafia also used it frequently to make certain people disappear when the turf wars started during prohibition for territorial control over the drug gambling and prostitution rings.
It was an efficient code word used for protecting their “turf” when competition moved in.
Soldiers also used to the term when referring to elimination of enemy forces being annihilated during and after heavy battles were fought over territorial control.
Yup, Comey is a bartender.
Uh, then why did Comey pull down his social media post so quickly if 86’ed doesn’t mean to “get rid of”? Comey wants Trump dead.
I think he just wants him out.
They all do (dems, progs, rinos) I don’t.
Of course if he died, that would accomplish their desire.
Never heard the Mob or the Army use this term this way.
And i read a lot and have seen a couple thousand movies.
Comey likes to brag about his time as a federal prosecutor throwing organized crime mobsters in prison. In Mafia jargon, 86 means 8 miles out in the desert & 6 feet under. Comey wasn’t talking about being throwing Trump out of a bar!
I’d like to see him in an interrogation room for a few years, then more interrogation at GITMO by the Sea. Instead of surfing he could be Water Boarding. He could spend all his BOOK MONEY on lawyers who will never get him out. His biggest mistake is that he thinks he is Above The Law. Thank you Suzanne for bringing the TRUTH. You brought us the sound of the Trap Clicking.
I try to look at things very objectively. Now, hear me out before you protest: It IS possible that he simply thought the arrangement was interesting. However, his statement that he assumed it was some sort of political message indicates that he should have thought very carefully about what the message was, before he posted it. Do I think this guy is a crook? Yes. Should he be in prison? Probably. Should this be investigated vigorously? YES. Should the DOJ act on whatever facts they uncover? Most decidedly.
Comey is a communist. His daughter has been assigned to the criminal trials in the Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislane Maxwell and now the Shawn “Diddy” Combs trials.
He’s among the worst of the worst.
Comey should have lost his pension when he lost his job. This man is the primary reason the American public no longer trusts the EFF BEE EYE.
I’ll dip my oar in the water this morning, merely to add that I agree with the sentiments of the previous commenters. This man Comey is a disgrace to reputable law enforcement professionals, and should be roundly condemned by the entire American public. (Hillary C. and Joe. B. will always appreciate him, no doubt.) A follow-up question: is Comey still a commentator with CNN?
Prison for Comey! Russia Russia Russia—lying is one thing, lying as Director of the FBI in order to destroy an innocent man and his family and our choice for a pro peace, prosperity and common sense leader, our President Trump, is another! Accountability please, now!!
I can not stand Comey, however, what he means by 86/ 47 is most likely remove by impeachment. Big nothing burger.
That may be your interpretation of the message but there was no mention of impeachment.
How do leftist crazies interpret the message? Would the two fools who conducted assassination attempts on his life before see it as impeachment as well?
I think James Comey means what Hillary Clinton thinks and she is dangerous.
Not totally a nothing burger. It does reveal that those who continue to shriek “threat to our democracy” are actually the true threats to democracy.
IMA Steal this!
Throw Comey in the cooler and raid his private home. Just like the FBI did to Trump’s private home.
And how is that part of career FBI employee?
This is where TDS will take you. Off to jail, Jimmy.
However, Mr. Comey should be visited by S.W.A.T. at 3:00 am, dragged outside in his neglige in full view of the attending news crew. His house should then be throughly “searched”. He should also be held in the D.C. gulag for whatever term of years required to investigate any crimes committed or lies told during questioning. If he tells one little white lie he should get the same treatment he gave Martha Stewart, Michael Flynn and so many others. Fair is Fair. Right Jimmy?
There is no reasonable interpretation under which this could be seen as a threat – unless one suffers from the kind of reverse Trump Derangement Syndrome typical of performative pearl-clutchers.
Reverse discrimination!
Comey is, and has been, a clear and present danger to the Republic and a con man to boot. From his days at Deutsche Bank when it was alleged that the bank was involved in money laundering operations for drug cartels to covering up for the Clinton Crime Family while FBI Director, this guy sure looks corrupt! Certainly, some low hanging fruit for a DOJ investigation and hopefully prison.
His post shows how incredibly stupid he is as a former FBI director.
It reminds me of an old saying “keep your friends close and your enemies closer”.
Comey probably should not have posted this, but I must ask, where was the outrage over the “86 46” bumper stickers and flags and other merchandise that has been all over since at least 2022?
Jack Posobiec, lauded conservative commentator, tweeted multiple times today and yesterday that Comey should be jailed for a threat to President Trump.
He also tweeted “86 46” on Jan 29, 2022.
Should he be jailed for a threat to a president? If Comey should be jailed, shouldn’t Jack?
For the record, I don’t think either one should be jailed for these stupid tweets
Agree and he won’t be.
It’s just gotcha politics.
I wish conservatives would get busier, instead of lowering themselves to these lib tactics.
DJT is starting to waste $ like a politician & his family is starting to grift. imo.
Sad.
TDS makes people do stupid things. Until there are consequences for bad behavior, people will continue doing them.
Like Trump’s never made a veiled threat…
I 86’d a guy once. Sue me.
For your information, getting 86’d means being trespassed, or kick-ed out, removed.
I hope this clears things up for the basement dwellers.
James Comey is a freaking moron. He’s a hairless tail wagging from Gretchen Whitmer’s fanny:
‘https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2020/10/19/8645-meaning-whitmer-trump/3708927001/
8607 (Comey was the 7th FBI Director……….and clearly unqualified for the job)
The one thing nobody seems to wonder about, is the claim that Mr. Comey innocently wandered along the beach and lo and behold there was this “interesting shell formation” just for him to take a picture off.
Please! If you believe that, there is bridge I can sell you…..
The more likely scenario was he arranged and then took a picture, in my opinion this was all a deliberate act, from a guy, who practically pardoned Hillary and perpetuated the Russia hoax.