The Secret Service tracked former FBI Director James Comey after a social media post in May that critics of it say called for killing President Trump.
The post was a picture of seashells arranged in “86 47.” The first number has roots in the restaurant industry for getting rid of, or no longer having, a certain food. But others say it is a call for an assassination. The second number stands for the 47th president.
Three anonymous government officials told The New York Times that law enforcement authorities in unmarked cars and street clothes tracked the location of Comey’s cellphone the day after he posted on Instagram a picture of the numbers etched in the sand at a beach via seashells.
Comey deleted the post, which was captioned “Cool shell formation on my beach walk.” In a follow-up post, Comey said, “I posted earlier a picture of some shells I saw today on a beach walk, which I assumed were a political message. I didn’t realize some folks associate those numbers with violence. It never occurred to me but I oppose violence of any kind so I took the post down.”
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Author: Faith Novak
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