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But his excuse didn’t sit well with Trump or his allies. In a Fox News interview, Trump blasted the explanation.
“He knew exactly what that meant. A child knows what that meant. If you’re the FBI director and you don’t know what that meant, that meant ‘assassination,’ and it says it loud and clear.”
According to Fox News, Comey was spotted on Friday entering a Washington, D.C. building housing multiple federal law enforcement offices. There, he was interviewed by Secret Service agents for over an hour. While the outcome of the interview remains unclear, the fact that such a meeting even took place raises red flags.
Kash Patel, FBI Director under Trump’s leadership, confirmed the gravity of the situation, posting on X:
“We are in communication with the Secret Service and Director Curran. Primary jurisdiction is with SS on these matters and we, the FBI, will provide all necessary support.”
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem also weighed in, making it clear that the post has prompted a full-scale investigation.
“DHS and Secret Service is investigating this threat and will respond appropriately.”
Meanwhile, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard didn’t mince words during a fiery segment with Fox News host Jesse Watters.
“Absolutely not, Jesse,” Gabbard said when asked if she believed Comey didn’t understand the meaning of “86 47.” “That is a ridiculous and insane statement to make, certainly within this context, but especially coming from a guy who’s the former Director of the FBI, a guy who spent most of his career prosecuting mobsters and gangsters, people who know and execute other humans and use this exact lingo of 86.”
She went on to highlight how the symbolism behind “86 47” has recently been used in radical circles as a not-so-subtle call for violence.
“Comey himself admitted in his follow-on message that he knew that this was a political statement. Well, the only reason he knew that, Jesse, was because a little over a month ago, a bunch of anti-Trump, anti-Elon Musk protesters were proliferating the use of this 86-47 slogan, which was a veiled call to action to murder the sitting President of the United States.”
Gabbard didn’t stop there, calling out what she believes is the dangerous normalization of political violence by elite figures.
“So for Comey to think that we, the American people, are so stupid as to think that he, as a former FBI Director, former prosecutor, and someone who clearly pays attention to what’s going on, would believe his lie that he didn’t know what this actually was calling for, the dangerousness of this, Jesse, cannot be underestimated.”
She concluded with a stark warning about the climate of political violence and Comey’s role in stoking it.
“When we have two assassination attempts on the president’s life, when we have people who look to guys like Comey, who’ve been celebrated by MSNBC and the Democrat elite and CNN as the beacon of integrity, the law and order guy, the guy who would tell the truth no matter what the consequences, this is the guy who’s issuing a hit on President Trump, the president that the American people voted for.”
