{"id":2435311,"date":"2025-05-15T22:23:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T02:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-noem-says-comey-just-called-for-the-assassination-of-trump-secret-service-investigating\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T22:23:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T02:23:37","slug":"breaking-noem-says-comey-just-called-for-the-assassination-of-trump-secret-service-investigating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-noem-says-comey-just-called-for-the-assassination-of-trump-secret-service-investigating\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Noem Says &#8216;Comey Just Called for the Assassination&#8217; of Trump &#8211; Secret Service Investigating"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-noem-says-comey-just-called-for-the-assassination-of-trump-secret-service-investigating%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2435311&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced an investigation by her agency and the Secret Service into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald ...\">social media post<\/a> by former FBI Director James Comey, which was interpreted by many as a call for President Donald Trump&#8217;s assassination. The post featured the numbers &#8220;86 47&#8221; created from rocks on a beach, and Comey later claimed he did not realize these numbers were associated with violence, stating he merely thought it was a political message.He removed the post after backlash. Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt called for Democrats to denounce Comey&#8217;s remarks, while other officials, including current FBI Director Kash patel, stated their agency is aware of the post and will support the Secret Service&#8217;s investigation. Despite Comey&#8217;s insistence that his message was not violent, some, like Senator Josh Hawley, remained critical, linking the incident to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/british-terrorism-officials-encourage-exiled-iranian-journalist-to-flee-her-home-after-colleague-attacked\/\" title=\"British counterterrorism authorities are urging an Iranian journalist in exile to leave her residence following an attack on her colleague\">previous assassination attempts<\/a> against Trump. The term &#8220;86&#8221; is slang that can mean to dismiss or remove something, which added to the controversy of Comey&#8217;s message.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that her agency and the Secret Service are investigating a message former FBI Director James Comey posted on social media many interpreted as calling for the death of President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt was among the many who d the image that Comey has reportedly since taken down, which said &ldquo;86 47&rdquo; made out of rocks and shells on a beach.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-jesse-watters-blows-open-fake-epstein-file-chaos-must-see-clip-even-comeys-daughter-mix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comey<\/a> wrote in response, &ldquo;Cool shell formation on my beach walk.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Schmitt posted, &ldquo;Just the former director of the FBI calling for the assassination of our President. Every single Democrat should denounce this but sadly their <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >media allies won&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t even ask them about it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just the former director of the FBI calling for the assassination of our President.<\/p>\n<p>Every single Democrat should denounce this but sadly their media allies won&rsquo;t even ask them about it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VeqyFqXaBA\">pic.twitter.com\/VeqyFqXaBA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Eric_Schmitt\/status\/1923132199408144571?\">May 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Comey said in a subsequent <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1923145561596641529\/photo\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a> that he &ldquo;didn&rsquo;t realize some folks associate those numbers with violence&rdquo; and merely thought it was a political message.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It never occurred to me but I oppose violence of any kind so I took the post down,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>But Noem posted on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X, &ldquo;Disgraced former FBI Director James Comey just called for the assassination of @POTUS Trump. DHS and Secret Service is investigating this threat and will respond appropriately.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Current FBI Director Kash Patel likewise said his agency will investigate.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are aware of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/final-straw-hollywood-reporter-sources-say-disney-wanted-to-fire-carano-in-november\/\" title=\"\u2018Final Straw\u2019: Hollywood Reporter Sources Say Disney Wanted To Fire Carano In November\">recent social media post<\/a> by former FBI Director James Comey, directed at President Trump,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FBIDirectorKash\/status\/1923151715777356062\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> on X, adding that he is &ldquo;in communication&rdquo; with Secret Service Director Sean Curran.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Primary jurisdiction is with SS on these matters and we, the FBI, will provide all necessary support,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Democrat podcast host Ed Krassenstein responded to the official&rsquo;s post, writing, &ldquo;So now you are going after Americans for voicing free speech and calling for Trump&rsquo;s removal from Office? I knew you were tearing up the Constitution in regards to the 5th Amendment, but I guess it&rsquo;s also regarding the 1st.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So now you are going after Americans for voicing free speech and calling for Trump&rsquo;s removal from Office?<\/p>\n<p>I knew you were tearing up the Constitution in regards to the 5th Amendment, but I guess it&rsquo;s also regarding the 1st.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdKrassen\/status\/1923147053112168491?\">May 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Merriam-Webster Dictionary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/wordplay\/eighty-six-meaning-origin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">says<\/a> that 86 is slang for &ldquo;to throw out,&rdquo; &ldquo;to get rid of,&rdquo; or &ldquo;to refuse service to.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In a restaurant setting, it means to throw out or take off the menu.<\/p>\n<p>So regarding Trump, if Comey was given a generous interpretation, he could have meant to impeach Trump.<\/p>\n<p>But fellow Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley saw it as Schmitt did, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HawleyMO\/status\/1923130722719515092\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posting on X<\/a>, &ldquo;Because two assassination attempts were apparently not enough for these people &hellip;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump fired Comey shortly into his first term in 2017, with the president reportedly angered by Comey&rsquo;s involvement in initiating and continuing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/second-russia-collusion-narrative-falls-apart-true-russia-colluded-hurt-trumps-election-chances\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia collusion<\/a> investigation into the 2016 Trump campaign.<\/p>\n<p>A probe headed by former FBI Director Robert Mueller determined after nearly two years of investigation that the Trump campaign had not colluded with Russia.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt was one of several individuals who shared the image that Comey has since removed, featuring &#8220;86 47&#8221; made from rocks and shells on a beach. Comey commented on it as a &#8220;cool shell formation&#8221; from his walk. Schmitt criticized the situation, stating that every Democrat should condemn Comey&#8217;s remarks but lamented that their media allies wouldn&#8217;t address it. In response to backlash, Comey later clarified he didn&#8217;t intend any violent connotation and took down the post because he opposes violence in any form. Noem stated on X that an investigation is underway regarding what she described as an assassination call against Trump. Current FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed they are aware of the situation and are coordinating with Secret Service officials for support. Democratic podcast host Ed Krassenstein accused officials of infringing on free speech rights related to calls for Trump&#8217;s removal from office. The term &#8220;86,&#8221; often used in restaurant slang to mean getting rid of something or someone, could imply impeachment if interpreted generously; however, others like Senator Josh Hawley viewed it more seriously given past assassination attempts against Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2435312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Comey.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6286,50825,23264,8794,34163],"class_list":["post-2435311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-assassination","tag-breaking-2","tag-comey","tag-noem","tag-secret-service"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Comey.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2435311"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2435315,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435311\/revisions\/2435315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2435312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2435311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2435311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2435311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}