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Ex-FBI Director James Comey says he doesn’t
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Instagram post: ‘Ridiculous’

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Posted By: bassetguy, 5/24/2025 9:34:42 AM

Former FBI Director James Comey doesn’t expect the Trump administration to take any further action against him over an Instagram post that some, including the president, viewed as a call to assassinate the commander-in-chief. In his first public remarks since sharing an image of seashells arranged on a beach to form the numbers “86 47,” Comey told MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace he found it “hard to have regret” over the post that he still believes looks “totally innocent” — saying it was “crazy” that anyone would see it as a call for violence

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Reply 1 - Posted by: vrb8m 5/24/2025 9:36:50 AM (No. 1954938)
Unfortunately, he's probably right.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: bighambone 5/24/2025 9:38:58 AM (No. 1954939)
Comey has been around, and you can safely bet that he knows how really wimpy the DC Republicans really are, so he may well be right!
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Reply 3 - Posted by: jayjeti 5/24/2025 9:42:31 AM (No. 1954943)
I believe it would be hard to get a conviction since 86 can mean kill, but not always, and he claims he found it (which I think it dubious) but he says both he and his wife were on a walk and it was on the beach, and he only said it was cool. It was undignified of a former FBI director, but I think you need more.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Old Army Vet 5/24/2025 9:46:02 AM (No. 1954945)
Comey is low life scum. I guarantee that if Mr. scum was FBI director and the shells said 8646 he would make sure that whoever posted the picture would be prosecuted. The typical left wing progressive is Mr scum, he thinks he is better than the average citizen and should be treated as such.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: mobyclik 5/24/2025 9:51:31 AM (No. 1954948)
The guy oozes sliminess' and always has. That's why he's a fave amongst the 'Rats and the so-called ''media.'' (same thing)
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Reply 6 - Posted by: LC Chihuahua 5/24/2025 10:05:53 AM (No. 1954955)
There is enough wiggle room in the definition of the term '86' that Comey will get out of it. fyi...one definition of '86' according to Merian-Webster. It has other meanings as well. In the 1950s the word underwent some functional shift, and began to be used as a verb. The initial meaning as a verb was “to refuse to serve a customer,” and later took on the slightly extended meaning of “to get rid of; to throw out.” The word was especially used in reference to refusing further bar service to inebriates. We all know that Washington wants to get rid of Trump.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Italiano 5/24/2025 10:14:38 AM (No. 1954959)
Maybe justice of the frontier variety will eventually be administered.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: singermom9 5/24/2025 10:16:59 AM (No. 1954960)
How abt NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Petronius 5/24/2025 10:17:53 AM (No. 1954961)
Don't need to convict, just use the "Legal Process" to bankrupt him, just like they do to ordinary American citizens they want to teach a lesson to.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: dbdiva 5/24/2025 10:30:27 AM (No. 1954968)
Let's not forget "8644", #4. I imagine a prison sentence of 20+ years for whoever committed that crime. I doubt that it would be considered as innocent or ridiculous. The book would be thrown hard. There must be consequences for Comey. He may be 6'8" in height but he's a dwarf in moral stature.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Strike3 5/24/2025 10:47:20 AM (No. 1954977)
He didn't expect to be dismissed from the FBI either.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: Dodge Boy 5/24/2025 10:54:45 AM (No. 1954981)
Coma knows how to play the legal game. Plausible deniability always wins. Especially for the dims.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: DVC 5/24/2025 11:21:31 AM (No. 1954990)
He should be charged. Rotten, lying traitor.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: enemyofthestate 5/24/2025 11:32:55 AM (No. 1954993)
The juvenile yet evil Comey, attempts to gaslight the meaning of his placement of the shells.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: snowoutlaw 5/24/2025 11:40:04 AM (No. 1954998)
Charged yes but not for the 86.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: jalo1951 5/24/2025 11:59:42 AM (No. 1955006)
He is probably right and he is lying through his teeth about the whole thing. It amazes me how often dems go on tv/podcast and showcast their slimmy stupidity. Hard to believe this man was in charge of anything. Another DEI employee on parade. Don't tell me the Deep State is my imagination.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: anniebc 5/24/2025 12:17:08 PM (No. 1955015)
They should use this investigation to start looking into his financial background. I'm sure there's something there. He will get bolder and will slip up somewhere, somehow. They all do.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: earlybird 5/24/2025 12:17:13 PM (No. 1955016)
Whistling past the graveyard. Telling Nicole Wallace (and any other lib who will listen) that those who saw what his "clever, artistic" shells meant what most would see as *8647" were "crazy" is no defense, Jimbo... If you didn't mean that, then why those particular numbers? (crickets)
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Reply 19 - Posted by: J. Arthur Brown 5/24/2025 12:24:56 PM (No. 1955020)
Utter hypocrisy. Comey's new novel is based on the premise that a rightwing radio commentator can target persons for assassination by criticizing them but he takes refuge in the ambiguity of his "seashell formation." In "Comey World" his speech is free but our speech is suspect.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: reefdiver 5/24/2025 12:42:31 PM (No. 1955030)
What would he say if someone posted "86JC"?
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Reply 21 - Posted by: Safari Man 5/24/2025 12:48:09 PM (No. 1955035)
Ruin him financially like he has done. Block the release of his book “pending investigation”. Drag it out for 8-12 years, if possible. Make his life not worth living.
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Reply 22 - Posted by: czechlist 5/24/2025 12:57:58 PM (No. 1955038)
#4 8646 was posted many times without consequences. Can't stand smug bigbird comey but his cr ap is not novel. BTW I saw him at Lockheed Martin HQ back in '09. I asked a collegue about the tall guy and got - you don't want to meet him - in response.
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Reply 23 - Posted by: padiva 5/24/2025 1:18:37 PM (No. 1955041)
J6 people did less and look how they were treated.
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Reply 24 - Posted by: franco 5/24/2025 1:30:28 PM (No. 1955047)
A snake like Comey obviously has plenty of contacts inside various federal law enforcement agencies. My fervent hope is that AG Bondi has internally disseminated disinformation downward that Comey will not be charged, and that this disinformation has been relayed to Comey by his trusted contacts. This will make it much easier to handcuff and perp walk Comey in a very public setting (e.g. at a heavily-traveled airport, as was done to Peter Navarro) at some future date... AG Bondi just needs to make sure that Fox, Newsmax, OANN, etc. etc. are on hand to record the arrest... and that CNN et al are nowhere near the area.
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Reply 25 - Posted by: rememberwhen 5/24/2025 1:40:26 PM (No. 1955052)
What would be crazy would be for anyone to believe his ridiculous explanation.
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Reply 26 - Posted by: rochow 5/24/2025 3:41:51 PM (No. 1955081)
This arrogant undereducated garbage man seems to think we are all as stupid as he is.
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Reply 27 - Posted by: ARKfamily 5/25/2025 5:52:20 AM (No. 1955199)
He knows he is a protected class. . .
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