The allegations stem from a social media post that was interpreted as a coded threat against the sitting US president
A federal grand jury has indicted former FBI Director James Comey for making threats against US President Donald Trump, the Department of Justice announced on Tuesday.
The DOJ alleges that “a reasonable recipient familiar with the circumstances” would interpret Comey’s May 2025 Instagram post, featuring seashells arranged in the sand to depict the numbers “86 47,” as “a serious expression of an intent to do harm to the president of the United States.”
Critics argued that “86” is slang for eliminating someone, and that Comey’s post could be viewed as a call to kill Trump, who is serving as the 47th president.
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