Comey Says Trump’s Election Victory Forced Him To ‘Speak Out’
Fired former FBI Director James Comey claimed during an appearance on Jen Psaki’s little-watched MSNBC show last week that President Donald Trump’s victory last November forced him back into the public eye to “stand up and speak” out against him.
During one segment, the host noted that Comey could choose to be more reclusive if he wanted before asking why he’s not.
“I was actually, I’m embarrassed to say, trying to withdraw a little bit, especially since last November, be a grandfather, be an author, wear t-shirts and jeans all the time,” Comey, who was dismissed by Trump just months after his 2016 victory for malfeasance, said.
“And the reason I’m dressed in my old uniform is to remind myself, that’s the coward’s way. You must stand up and speak. Everyone who can speak, I can speak about the rule of law especially, needs to be out there because there are real serious threats. And the only thing that’s necessary for them to triumph is for good men and women to be silent,” he added.
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Comey, who was FBI director when the bureau launched what turned out to be a bogus ‘Russian collusion” investigation into Trump’s 2016 campaign, became embroiled in a new controversy last week after posting a photo on his Instagram account that many took as a threat against Trump’s life.
The photo was of seashells arranged to spell out “86 47,” with “86” being taken to mean a hit on “47” — Trump being the 47th president.
“Cool shell formation on my beach walk,” Comey said in the post that has since been deleted, before he posted a follow-up in which he tried to explain it away.
The post earned him a visit from the Secret Service and widespread condemnation among supporters of the president and many within his administration.
“He knew exactly what that meant. A child knows what that meant. If you’re the FBI director and you don’t know what that meant, that meant ‘assassination,’ and it says it loud and clear,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News anchor Brett Baier.
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FBI Director Kash Patel posted on X about the incident and how seriously the agency takes it.
“We are in communication with the Secret Service and Director Curran,” he said. “Primary jurisdiction is with SS on these matters and we, the FBI, will provide all necessary support.”
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who oversees the Secret Service, posted on X: “DHS and Secret Service is investigating this threat and will respond appropriately.”
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said that what Comey posted was a threat that should land him in jail.
“Are you buying that the former FBI Director didn’t know what ’86 Trump’ meant?” host Jesse Watters asked.
“Absolutely not, Jesse,” Gabbard replied. “That is a ridiculous and insane statement to make, certainly within this context, but especially coming from a guy who’s the former Director of the FBI, a guy who spent most of his career prosecuting mobsters and gangsters, people who know and execute other humans and use this exact lingo of 86.
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“Comey himself admitted in his follow-on message that he knew that this was a political statement. Well, the only reason he knew that, Jesse, was because a little over a month ago, a bunch of anti-Trump, anti-Elon Musk protesters were proliferating the use of this 86-47 slogan, which was a veiled call to action to murder the sitting President of the United States,” she continued.
“So for Comey to think that we, the American people, are so stupid as to think that he, as a former FBI Director, former prosecutor, and someone who clearly pays attention to what’s going on, would believe his lie that he didn’t know what this actually was calling for, the dangerousness of this, Jesse, cannot be underestimated,” Gabbard said.
