{"id":2435511,"date":"2025-05-16T10:21:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T14:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-fires-off-on-comeys-8647-message-that-meant-assassination\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T10:28:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T14:28:50","slug":"trump-fires-off-on-comeys-8647-message-that-meant-assassination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-fires-off-on-comeys-8647-message-that-meant-assassination\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump fires off on Comey\u2019s \u20188647\u2019 message: \u2018That meant assassination\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Ftrump-fires-off-on-comeys-8647-message-that-meant-assassination%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=2435511&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>In a recent Fox News interview, President Donald Trump criticized former FBI Director James Comey over a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >controversial social media post<\/a> in which Comey shared a picture of seashells arranged to represent the numbers &#8220;8647.&#8221; Trump accused Comey of making a veiled call for his assassination, insisting that even a child could understand the implication of the message. Comey&#8217;s defenders interpreted his post as a symbolic call for Trump&#8217;s removal from office, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tears-into-bidens-student-loan-plan-election-enhancing-money-grab\/\" title=\"Trump Tears Into Biden\u2019s Student Loan Plan: \u2018Election Enhancing Money Grab\u2019\">critics deemed<\/a> it a threat to trump&#8217;s life. Comey has as apologized, claiming he did not intend to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/incitement-to-violence-pelosi-tweet-trump-is-deadly-to-our-democracy-and-our-people-he-needs-to-go-now\/\" title=\"Incitement to Violence? Pelosi Tweet: \u201cTrump Is Deadly to Our Democracy and Our People. He Needs to Go Now\u201d\">incite violence<\/a>. Trump&#8217;s remarks dismissed Comey&#8217;s explanation, and he referred to him as a &#8220;dirty cop,&#8221; while deferring any potential consequences for Comey to Attorney General Pam Bondi. The Department of Homeland Security is now investigating the situation,with the Secret Service and FBI aware of the post and prepared to act on any perceived threats.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump fires off on Comey&rsquo;s &lsquo;8647&rsquo; message: &lsquo;That meant assassination&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2123488\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President Donald Trump condemned former FBI Director James Comey for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3412719\/james-comey-8647-message-trump-white-house-dhs-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"controversial social media post\">controversial social media post<\/a>, arguing that Comey was calling for his assassination.<\/p>\n<p>In a Friday interview with Fox News, Trump dismissed Comey&rsquo;s apology and claim that he didn&rsquo;t know what seashells organized to read &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3412844\/tulsi-gabbard-james-comey-put-behind-bars-8647-trump-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"8647\">8647<\/a>&rdquo; meant. He argued that Comey was openly calling for his assassination.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3413666\/trump-military-parade-cost-army-250th-anniversary\/\">Trump 250th anniversary military parade estimated to cost $25 million-$45 million<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3413679\/voice-of-america-firings-trump-administration-kari-lake\/\">Trump fires one-third of Voice of America staff<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3408598\/trump-hollywood-tariff-opposition-laura-friedman-entertainment-industry\/\">Lights, camera &#8230; tariffs? President tries <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lights-camera-tariffs-president-tries-economic-blunt-force-to-keep-film-production-in-hollywood\/\" title=\"Lights, camera \u2026 tariffs? ... tries economic blunt force to keep film production in Hollywood\">economic blunt force<\/a> to keep film production in Hollywood<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;He knew exactly what that meant. A child knows what that meant. If you&rsquo;re the FBI director and you don&rsquo;t know what that meant, that meant assassination, and it says it loud and clear,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now, he wasn&rsquo;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, they like what&rsquo;s happening with our country. Our country has become respected again, and all this, and he&rsquo;s calling for the assassination of the president,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Interviewer Brett Baier interjected to say Comey apologized and said it wasn&rsquo;t a call to violence. Trump dismissed the apology and explanation, and said it was up to Attorney General Pam Bondi whether or not to punish him.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t want to take a position on it, because that&rsquo;s going to be up to Pam and all of the great people, but I will say this, I think it&rsquo;s a terrible thing,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;And when you add his history to that, if he had a clean history, he doesn&rsquo;t. He&rsquo;s a dirty cop. He&rsquo;s a dirty cop. And if he had a clean history, I could understand if there was leniency. But I&rsquo;m going to let them make that decision.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Comey posted and deleted a picture of shells lined up on a beach to depict the numbers &ldquo;8647&rdquo; on Thursday, an ambiguous message interpreted by defenders as a call for Trump to be removed from office and by critics as a call for Trump to be assassinated. Comey later said he did not mean for the post to provoke violence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3412719\/james-comey-8647-message-trump-white-house-dhs-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>COMEY&rsquo;S &lsquo;8647&rsquo; MESSAGE &lsquo;CONCERNS&rsquo; WHITE HOUSE AND PROMPTS DHS INVESTIGATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security is investigating the alleged threat, and the Secret Service said it is aware of the posts and will &ldquo;vigorously investigate anything that can be taken as a potential threat against our protectees.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The FBI said it will provide &ldquo;necessary support.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2123488\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2123488\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump blasts Comey&#8217;s &#8216;8647&#8217; post, claims it meant assassination<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2435512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/trump-china-trade-policy-feb-2025.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6286,23264,50410,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2435511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-assassination","tag-comey","tag-controversy-2","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/trump-china-trade-policy-feb-2025.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435511","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2435511"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2435515,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435511\/revisions\/2435515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2435512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2435511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2435511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2435511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}