Trump allies and critics clashed online after the former FBI director posted a photo of a seashell formation reading "8647." ...

Comey took down the photo and said in a subsequent Instagram post that he was unaware the message could have been ... oversees the Secret Service, said on X that DHS and the Secret Service were ...

He claimed the shells were arranged that way naturally and that he saw no coded message when posting the photo. 'I didn't realise some people associate those numbers with violence,' he later said.

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He claimed that he came across the shells, already arranged, while taking a walk, and assumed that it was a political message ... wrote on X Thursday, pinning it to the top of his profile.

The Trump Administration is investigating the former FBI director for posting a photo of seashells that spelled “86 47.” ...

Donald Trump Jr. posted on his X account. Just James Comey causally ... said he assumed the shells were arranged as a political message but did not understand the possible violent connotations.

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, "86" is a slang term whose definitions include "to get rid of" and notes it also has been used to mean "to kill" and the number 47 corresponds with ...

Below we look at what it could all mean. Comey claims that he came across the shells in that formation during a walk on the beach, and “assumed [the sea shells] were a political message”.