President Donald Trump stated James Comey promoted his assassination on social media, claiming the ex-FBI director knew the put up known as for violence towards him. (Watch the video under.)
Trump’s allegations are certain to ignite already-smoldering MAGA outrage over Comey sharing a photograph of seashore shells within the formation of “86 47” on Instagram.
Comey is now being investigated by the Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security amid allegations he was advocating for Trump’s homicide. The “86” has been interpreted by Republicans as a name to violence towards the forty seventh president, Trump. The widespread definition of “86” is to take away or eliminate, however one other which means is to kill.
Comey, who occurred upon the shell formation on the seashore, later stated he had no concept there was a violent connotation. “I oppose violence of any kind so I took the post down,” he wrote.
“He knew exactly what that meant,” Trump informed Fox News’ Bret Baier in a “Special Report” interview snippet shared Friday. “A child knows what that meant. If you’re FBI director and you don’t know what that meant, that meant assassination, and it says it loud and clear. Now, he wasn’t very competent, but he was competent enough to know what that meant. And he did it for a reason, and he was hit so hard because people like me and they like what was happening with our country. … All this, and he’s calling for the assassination of the president.”
Baier requested what Trump wished to see occur to Comey, whom Trump fired in 2017 after the FBI opened an investigation into the 2016 Trump marketing campaign’s ties to Russia.
“I don’t want to take a position on it,” Trump replied. “It’s gonna be up to [Attorney General] Pam [Bondi] and all the great people. I will say, I think it is a terrible thing. When you add his history to that, if he had a clean history… he doesn’t, he’s a dirty cop. If he had a clean history, I could understand if there was leniency. But I’m gonna let them make that decision.”
National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard stated Comey belongs in jail. But CNN authorized professional Elie Honig known as the GOP’s investigation “ridiculous.”
“This is not a criminally chargeable threat against the president,” he stated. “It’s political speech.”
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