Trump says Comey called for ‘assassination of the president’ with ’8647′ Instagram post
- President Donald Trump said former FBI Director James Comey was “calling for the assassination of the president” in a since-deleted Instagram post.
Comey’s post featured the numbers “8647,” which some people in the Trump administration said was a violent reference to Trump, the 47th U.S. president.
“He knew exactly what that meant,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News. “That meant ‘assassination.’”
The Department of Homeland Security and the Secret Service are investigating Comey’s post.
Trump shares video of supporter saying “the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat”
President Trump on Thursday retweeted a video of a supporter saying that the “only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.” The man in the video is a New Mexico politician who faced calls to resign after making the remark earlier this month.
Mr. Trump at midnight retweeted a video from Cowboys For Trump featuring the group’s founder, Couy Griffin, who is also the Otero County commissioner. The clip shows Griffin speaking to a crowd of supporters.
“I’ve come to a place where I’ve come to the conclusion that the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat,” Griffin says in the first seconds of the clip, drawing cheers and applause.