Pete Hagert and others did not post 86 46

WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department brought criminal charges against James Comey on Tuesday ​for a second time, accusing the former FBI director of threatening President Donald Trump by posting a photo of seashells arranged to show the numbers "86 47."

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.

As critics of the logic under which Comey was indicted have pointed out, if posting that slogan is a criminal threat to the life of the president, then the justice department should soon also be filing charges against Jack Posobiec, the rightwing ...

The number 86 has also been used by Republicans calling for the impeachment of Joe Biden – for example, T-shirts sold on Amazon reading “8646”, indicating a call to impeach Biden (the 46th president) – with some liberals accusing the right of deliberately misunderstanding Comey’s intent to score political points.

The new indictment centers on a controversy that erupted nearly a year ago when Comey, in a since-deleted Instagram post, shared a picture showing the numbers "86 47" written in seashells on the beach with the caption "Cool shell formation on my beach walk." Citing the slang meaning of "86" as to "nix" or "get rid" of something, allies of the president allege that the post was a veiled threat against Trump, who is the 47th president.

The prosecution arises from a May post on Instagram in which Comey shared a photo of seashells he saw on a walk in the arrangement of "86 47." He has said he assumed that the numbers reflected a political message, not a call to violence.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche spoke exclusively with "CBS Mornings" on Wednesday, addressing the Justice Department's second indictment of former FBI Director James Comey over a an Instagram post from Comey that showed seashells arranged in the sand to form the numbers "86 47."

His book The History and Stories of the Best Bars of New York claims that the police would call Chumley's bar during Prohibition before making a raid and tell the bartender to "86" his customers, meaning that they should exit out the 86 Bedford Street door, while the police would come to the ...

The new indictment centers on a controversy that erupted nearly a year ago when Comey, in a since-deleted Instagram post, shared a picture showing the numbers "86 47" written in seashells on the beach with the caption "Cool shell formation on my beach walk." Citing the slang meaning of "86" as to "nix" or "get rid" of something, allies of the president allege that the post was a veiled threat against Trump, who is the 47th president.