{"id":2435810,"date":"2025-05-16T20:04:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T00:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-interviews-james-comey-in-washington-dc-report\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T20:05:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T00:05:01","slug":"secret-service-interviews-james-comey-in-washington-dc-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-interviews-james-comey-in-washington-dc-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Service Interviews James Comey in Washington, DC: Report"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fsecret-service-interviews-james-comey-in-washington-dc-report%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=2435810&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>Former FBI director James Comey was interviewed by the U.S. Secret Service regarding a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-press-sec-used-insult-condemned-by-dem-officials-as-homophobic\/\" title=\"Biden Press Sec Used Insult Condemned by Dem Officials as \u2018Homophobic\u2019\">controversial social media post<\/a> he made, which some interpreted as a call to assassinate former President Donald Trump. The post, featuring seashells and the number &#8220;8647,&#8221; led to criticism because &#8220;86&#8221; is slang for removing someone, which Comey claimed he was unaware of. despite being a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >high-profile figure<\/a>,Comey was not arrested; it was described as a standard interview process following a perceived threat. Trump publicly dismissed Comey&#8217;s explanation,asserting that he knew the implications of his post. The incident has drawn notable media attention,as it raises concerns over political rhetoric and potential threats to public figures.  <\/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><\/p>\n<p>The Secret Service has interviewed former FBI Director James Comey about a social media post critics have said was tantamount to a call to assassinate President Donald Trump, according to multiple media reports.<\/p>\n<p>In a Friday evening <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BillMelugin_\/status\/1923493313602256918\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post on <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<\/a>, Fox News reporter Bill Melugin wrote, &ldquo;Comey met with the U.S. Secret Service in DC this afternoon, where he was interviewed about his now deleted &lsquo;8647&rsquo; seashell post.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He was not arrested, it was a standard interview where he was given a chance to explain himself,&rdquo; Melugin wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No details yet on what he said,&rdquo; he posted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/16\/us\/politics\/secret-service-comey-social-media-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> reported that Comey was interviewed at an office in Washington belonging to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/priceless-comey-now-become-villain-book-just-read-description\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Secret Service<\/a>.<\/p>\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; 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after a threat has been issued.<\/p>\n<p>Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who has jurisdiction over the Secret Service, had promised Comey would be grilled about the post.<\/p>\n<p>Comey posted on Instagram and then deleted an arrangement of seashells that read &ldquo;8647.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Because 86 is a slang term for getting rid of someone &mdash; something Comey has claimed he did not know &mdash; the post was widely read as a call for removing Trump from office &mdash; or for him to be assassinated. Comey has said he was not intending to send that message.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t realize some folks associate those numbers with violence,&rdquo; Comey claimed in a follow-up post. &ldquo;It never occurred to me but I oppose violence of any kind so I took the post down.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump fired Comey during his first term, leading the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/former-secret-service-agent-issues-warning-agency-comeys-obvious-threat-presidents-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">former FBI chief<\/a> to become a vocal anti-Trump figure.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said he does not buy Comey&rsquo;s explanation.<\/p>\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,&rdquo; Trump said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/trump-blasts-former-fbi-director-james-comey-controversial\/story?id=121871648\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/reason-trump-issues-response-comeys-assassination-post-reveals-next\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> said Comey &ldquo;apologized because he was hit &mdash; he&rsquo;s a very bad guy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Secret Service vigorously investigates anything that can be taken as a potential threat against our protectees,&rdquo; Secret Service representative &nbsp;Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/05\/16\/politics\/comey-interviewed-secret-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are aware of the social media posts by the former FBI director and we take rhetoric like this very seriously. Beyond that, we do not comment on protective intelligence matters,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">James Comey just issued a call to action to murder the President of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>As a former FBI Director and someone who spent most of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dni-gabbard-put-comey-behind-bars-for-public-call-to-assassinate-the-president-of-the-united-states\/\" title=\"DNI Gabbard: Put ... &#039;Behind Bars&#039; for &#039;Public Call to ... the ... of the United States&#039;\">career prosecuting mobsters<\/a> and gangsters, he knew exactly what he was doing and must be held accountable under the full force of the&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zvbu5Vf0zg\">pic.twitter.com\/zvbu5Vf0zg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DNI Tulsi Gabbard (@DNIGabbard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DNIGabbard\/status\/1923198011108192532?\">May 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard&nbsp;has accused <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-former-fbi-director-james-comey-calling-assassination-president-trump-dems-cheer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comey<\/a> of &ldquo;issuing a hit&rdquo; on Trump, according to the Post.<\/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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Fox News reporter Bill Melugin shared on social media platform X that Comey had an interview with the U.S. Secret Service in Washington, D.C., about his now-deleted &#8220;8647&#8221; seashell post. Melugin noted that Comey was not arrested; it was a routine interview allowing him to explain his actions, although no details of his statements have been disclosed yet. The New York Times reported the interview took place at a Secret Service office in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, agents transported Comey for the meeting, which he attended voluntarily. The Washington Post described the 5:30 p.m. session as standard procedure following any threats made. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem indicated that Comey would be thoroughly questioned about the post he made on Instagram and later removed, which featured seashells arranged to spell &#8220;8647.&#8221; This number is associated with slang for eliminating someone-a meaning Comey claimed he was unaware of-leading many to interpret it as a suggestion for Trump&#8217;s removal or assassination.<\/p>\n<p>Comey stated he did not intend for his message to be violent and expressed surprise at its interpretation: &#8220;I didn&#8217;t realize some folks associate those numbers with violence&#8230; I oppose violence of any kind so I took the post down.&#8221; Trump dismissed Comey&#8217;s explanation, asserting that anyone should understand its implications and labeled him as &#8220;a very bad guy.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Secret Service representative Anthony Guglielmi emphasized their commitment to investigating potential threats seriously but refrained from commenting further on specific intelligence matters related to protection protocols.<\/p>\n<p>Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard accused Comey of effectively issuing a hit against Trump through his post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2435811,"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\/Secret-Service-vs-James-Comey.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6234,51149,50944,34163,33224],"class_list":["post-2435810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-interview","tag-james-comey","tag-report-2","tag-secret-service","tag-washington-dc"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Secret-Service-vs-James-Comey.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435810","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=2435810"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2435814,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435810\/revisions\/2435814"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2435811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2435810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2435810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2435810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}