James Comey in Washington DC in 2018. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPAView image in fullscreenJames Comey in Washington DC in 2018. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPAJames Comey surrenders to authorities after DoJ indictmentFormer FBI director indicted over social media post from last year of seashells arranged into ‘86 47’
James Comey surrendered to authorities on Wednesday at the eastern district of Virginia after the justice department indicted him this week for a second time.
The former FBI director was indicted in North Carolina on Tuesday because of a post he made on social media last year of seashells arranged into the numbers “86 47” which the Department of Justice has called a threat against Donald Trump. The number 86 can be used as shorthand for getting rid of something, and Trump is the 47th president.
Comey subsequently deleted the post and apologized, saying he didn’t realize the numbers were associated with violence. “It never occurred to me, but I oppose violence of any kind so I took the post down,” he wrote on Instagram.
