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   From: concrete.shoes@james.comey.com   
      
   WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Thursday that   
   federal law enforcement is investigating a social media post made by   
   former FBI Director James Comey that she and other Republicans suggest   
   is a call for violence against President Donald Trump.   
      
   In an Instagram post, Comey wrote “cool shell formation on my beach   
   walk” under a picture of seashells that appeared to form the shapes for   
   “86 47.”   
      
   Numerous Trump administration officials, including Noem, said Comey was   
   advocating for the assassination of Trump, the 47th president. “DHS and   
   Secret Service is investigating this threat and will respond   
   appropriately,” Noem wrote.   
      
   Merriam-Webster, the dictionary used by The Associated Press, says 86 is   
   slang meaning “to throw out,” “to get rid of” or “to refuse service   
   to.”   
   It notes: “Among the most recent senses adopted is a logical extension   
   of the previous ones, with the meaning of ‘to kill.’ We do not enter   
   this sense, due to its relative recency and sparseness of use.”   
      
   The post has since been deleted. Comey subsequently wrote, “I posted   
   earlier a picture of some shells I saw today on a beach walk, which I   
   assumed were a political message. I didn’t realize some folks associate   
   those numbers with violence.   
      
   “It never occurred to me,” Comey added, “but I oppose violence of any   
   kind so I took the post down.”   
      
   Comey's original post sparked outrage among conservatives on social   
   media, with Donald Trump Jr. accusing Comey of calling for his father’s   
   killing.   
      
   Current FBI Director Kash Patel said he was aware of the post and was   
   conferring with the Secret Service and its director.   
      
   James Blair, White House deputy chief of staff for legislative,   
   political and public affairs, noted that the post came at a delicate   
   time given that Trump is traveling in the Middle East.   
      
   “This is a Clarion Call from Jim Comey to terrorists & hostile regimes   
   to kill the President of the United States as he travels in the Middle   
   East,” Blair wrote on X.   
      
   Comey, who was FBI director from 2013 to 2017, was fired by Trump during   
   the president's first term amid the bureau’s probe into allegations of   
   ties between Russian officials and Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.   
   Comey wrote about his career in the best-selling memoir “A Higher   
   Loyalty.”   
      
   He is now a crime fiction writer and is promoting his latest book, “FDR   
   Drive,” which is being released on Tuesday.   
      
   https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/nation-world/secret-service-investigat   
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