Did former FBI Director James Comey call for the assassination of President Trump?
James Comey posted a cryptic message to his Instagram account on Thursday spelled out in seashells: “86 47”
“Cool shell formation on my beach walk,” Comey said in his caption.
Some interpreted Comey’s cryptic message as a serious threat.
86 = get rid of or remove
47 = Trump— Hodgetwins (@hodgetwins) May 15, 2025
Secret Service must investigate. https://t.co/paCYJemq79
— Cernovich (@Cernovich) May 15, 2025
Former FBI Director James Comey is calling for the assassination of President Trump.
“86” means “to kill, to murder; to execute judicially.” pic.twitter.com/7KZfioYHxa
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 15, 2025
Just James Comey causally calling for my dad to be murdered.
This is who the Dem-Media worships. Demented!!!! pic.twitter.com/4LUK6crHAT
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) May 15, 2025
WOW!
Former FBI Director James Comey @Comey just posted this on his Instagram 2 hours ago, with the caption “cool shell formation on my beach walk”. It’s a pic of shells in the form of “86 47”.
This is a call for the assassination of President Trump by the former FBI Director! pic.twitter.com/Q4qIBbvvmt
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) May 15, 2025
It is no secret that James Comey despises President Trump.
Comey was fired as FBI Director by Trump in 2017 while he was leading an investigation into the president during his first term.
Shortly after the firing, it was revealed that James Comey penned several memos stemming from nine confidential conversations he had with President Trump.
Comey admitted during a Congressional hearing that he gave portions of his memos to a friend (Daniel Richman) to leak to the New York Times in order to prompt a special counsel investigation into President Trump for obstruction of justice.
Within 24 hours of the memo leak to the New York Times, Mueller was appointed as special counsel on May 17th, 2017
Comey gave former special counsel Robert Mueller the memos and was a witness in the Mueller inquisition.
James Comey also declared that Trump was “morally unfit to be president” and claimed there was “certainly some evidence of obstruction of justice” by the President — all the while Comey was a witness in Mueller’s investigation.