The Secret Service is looking into former FBI director James Comey after he shared and later removed a social media message that Republicans claimed was an invitation to violence against US President Donald Trump.
Comey captioned a picture of seashells that formed the letters “8647” on Instagram, saying, “Cool shell formation on my beach walk.”
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the number 86 is a slang phrase that can imply “to reject” or “to get rid of.” More recently, it has also been used to mean “to kill.” Trump is the 47th president of the United States.
Trump has denied Comey’s claim that he had no idea what the figures meant.
