James Comey examines and deleted on Instagram “86 47”, says NoEM

Former FBI director James Comey provoked an outcry by the Trump administration after briefly posting a photo on Instagram, which claimed that the federal officials had been a call to violence against President Trump -an assertion that Comey pushed back.

The picture shared by Comey – a long -time Trump enemy – showed patterns in sand that, according to Screenshots by Trump Administration, were arranged the numbers “86 47”.

He did not make its meaning clear, but the administrative officials and some of his supporters interpreted the numbers as the status of Mr. Trump as 47th president and the slang term “sixth-gig”, which was often used to “remove” or “remove”.

Comey later deleted the picture. In a follow-up instagram post on Thursday evening, Comey wrote that he “previously posted a picture of a few mussels that I saw today on a walk in the beach that I assumed, from which I assumed

CBS News made Comey's lawyers for a comment.

Noem says that post is being examined

Kristi Noem, secretary of the homeland protection authority, wrote about X that the topic was examined. She said Comey “only asked Mr. Trump to murder” and added her agency and the secret service examined this threat and would react appropriately “.

The current FBI director Kash Patel said in a separate explanation: “We are aware of the latest tweets by the former FBI director James Comey, who is aimed at President Trump. We are in communication with the Secret Service and Director (SEAN).

A spokesman for the secret service told CBS News in an explanation that it examines “everything that can be seen as a potential threat to our protesee. We are aware of the social media contributions from the former FBI director, and we take rhetoric very seriously. In addition, we do not comment on Prepetive intelligence services.”

The deputy chief of staff of the White House, Taylor Budowich, wrote in his own social media post Comey's message “can clearly be interpreted as” a hit “on the sitting president of the United States and said it” was taken seriously “.

Comey and Trump have saved themselves for years. Comey served from 2013 to the FBI director He was fired From Mr. Trump in 2017 during the first term of the President of the White House.

This fire ultimately set in motion Robert Muellers special examination In allegations that Russia disturbed In the US presidential election in 2016 and the Trump campaign, which was coordinated with the Kremlin. Mr. Trump repeatedly denounced these allegations as a “joke”.

In his part, Comey has been a loud critic of Mr. Trump since his shooting and called him “morally idle” as president In an interview from 2018.

Mr. Trump was the goal From two attempts at attack During his presidential campaign last year. During a rally on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania, a 20-year-old shooter opened the fire on Mr. Trump and grazed his ear with a ball. A rally participant was killed and two more were wounded.

On September 14th a man was arrested In the event of allegations, he tried to murder Mr. Trump on his golf course in West Palm Beach by aiming a rifle through bushes.

What does “86 47” mean?

It is unclear what Comey meant with his Instagram contribution, but according to the Merriam Webster dictionary means “sixtly” to “eject” or “get rid of”.

It comes from the Soda Counter Slang of the 1930s, which meant that an object was sold out, says Merriam-Webster. The term can also refer to people: “sixth -gig”. A drunk bar patron is to carry them out or refuse them, the dictionary said.