Trump administration officials say Secret Service is investigating Comey’s ’86 47′ social media post

WASHINGTON AP Homeland Assurance Secretary Kristi Noem mentioned Thursday that federal law enforcement is probing a social media post made by former FBI Director James Comey that she and other Republicans claim is a call for violence against President Donald Trump In an Instagram post earlier in the day Comey wrote cool shell formation on my beach walk under a picture of seashells that appeared to form the shapes for Numerous Trump administration officers including Noem claimed that Comey was advocating for the assassination of Trump the th president DHS and Secret Institution is reviewing this threat and will respond appropriately Noem wrote The post has since been deleted Comey subsequently wrote I posted earlier a picture of several shells I saw in contemporary times on a beach walk which I assumed were a political message I didn t realize certain 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 Merriam-Webster the dictionary used by The Associated Press says is slang meaning to throw out to get rid of or to refuse system to It notes Among the preponderance latest 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 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 stated he was aware of the post and was conferring with the Secret Provision and its director James Blair White House deputy chief of staff for legislative political and inhabitants 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 Related Articles Why was Elon Musk s AI chatbot Grok preoccupied with South Africa s racial politics Space Force governors at odds over plans to pull talent from National Guard units Military commanders will be informed to send transgender troops to therapeutic checks to oust them The FBI is disbanding one of its Washington-based population corruption squads AP sources say Seattle judge rescinds order directing Trump administration to admit refugees Comey who was FBI director from to was fired by Trump during the president s first term amid the bureau s probe into assertions of ties between Russian leaders and Trump s 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 published on Tuesday