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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHoist by his own petard James Comey, ex FBI director and election interferer, and now 8647 poster.
After posting the now 8647 numbers he is reporting to the Secret Service for an interview for allegedly threatening the Orange anus life. Apparently the right wing looney bin insists that 8647 can only mean Comey wants to kill the Orange Anus. Must be a secret code they use and we are now just finding out about it. Does that mean that every instance of 8647 is a death threat? Wonder how many times MAGAs have used it.
But I digress
Ya think he might be a bit taken aback now. His wrecking Hilary Clintons presidential campaign by inferring that she was under investigation by the FBI. Immediately prior to Election Day? This possibly resulted in the , also under investigation by the FBI but not exposed, Orange Anus victory? Just to be clear
Hilary very well may have won and the Orange Anus would have been 86d right then and there.
One petard hoisting coming right up.
This should the dictionary definition of hoist by your own petard. Talk about deserved consequences for actual criminal action. He should have been sanctioned for exposing an investigation before the election.
He will never be charged for threatening the president
but he is now having to answer for something no one else has to answer for. Anyone could post something like that and be perfectly fine. The history of the numeral term clearly has nothing to do with killing anyone. But the ever besieged and petulant maga wackos need the salve of improper judicial weaponization to calm their frenzied nerves.
Hope Comey enjoys his time in the halls of what now passes for justice
polishing his petard.
In the, apparently, never ending saga of stupid Orange Anus stuff this really resonates. Everything the Orange Anus touches turns to shit. Comey
you have officially been Turded by the OG Orange Anus.

LetMyPeopleVote
(163,118 posts)Its possible that Republicans are sincerely outraged by the former FBI director's seashell code, but recent history suggests some skepticism is in order.
https://bsky.app/profile/stevebenen.com
His "8647" seashells on Instagram simply gave Team Trump an excuse to do it wanted to do anyway.
Link to tweet
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/team-trump-finds-excuse-s-long-wanted-investigate-james-comey-rcna207219
The Department of Homeland Security and Secret Service are investigating a social media post by former FBI Director James Comey that several U.S. officials interpreted as calling for the assassination of President Donald Trump, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Thursday.
Evidently, Comey shared a photo on Instagram showing seashells arranged to form the numbers 8647. Republican officials soon after responded with apoplexy, at which point the former FBI director himself a lifelong Republican deleted the post and said, I didnt realize some folks associate it with violence. That didnt occur to me when I saw it but I am opposed to violence in all circumstances so I took it down.
Comey added soon after that he simply assumed that the numbers were a political message.....
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard appeared on Fox News and said she wants to see Comey put behind bars for this. A variety of GOP lawmakers, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, scrambled to toe the party line and condemn the former FBI director.
Trump himself ultimately joined the parade, in predictably Trumpian fashion.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3lpc47zkqk22g
Link to tweet
......When the president first arrived in the White House eight years ago, he saw Comey as an ally Trump appeared to literally blow a kiss at the then-FBI director at a White House event in January 2017 thanks in part to Comeys role in undermining Hillary Clintons 2016 candidacy. In time, however, Trump soured on Comey, and ultimately fired him in the hopes of derailing the FBIs investigation into the presidents Russia scandal.
In the years that followed, Trump continued to target the former FBI director, accusing Comey of treason, and even calling for his prosecution over unidentified crimes.
As recently as a few months ago, just days after Trump loyalist Kash Patel was sworn in as the FBIs newest director, the conservative Washington Times reported that the bureau had opened an investigation into Comeys role in the FBIs investigation into Trumps 2016 campaign.
In other words, Team Trump has long seen Comey as a villain who should be targeted and investigated. His since-deleted Instagram post appears to have given the presidents operation an excuse to do what it wanted to do anyway.
Comey is an idiot. Comey's press conference on the Clinton email investigation was unethical and got trump elected. Comey's stupidity may be a valid defense if charges are brought.
LetMyPeopleVote
(163,118 posts)Its possible that Republicans are sincerely outraged by the former FBI director's seashell code, but recent history suggests some skepticism is in order.
https://bsky.app/profile/stevebenen.com
His "8647" seashells on Instagram simply gave Team Trump an excuse to do it wanted to do anyway.
Link to tweet
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/team-trump-finds-excuse-s-long-wanted-investigate-james-comey-rcna207219
The Department of Homeland Security and Secret Service are investigating a social media post by former FBI Director James Comey that several U.S. officials interpreted as calling for the assassination of President Donald Trump, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Thursday.
Evidently, Comey shared a photo on Instagram showing seashells arranged to form the numbers 8647. Republican officials soon after responded with apoplexy, at which point the former FBI director himself a lifelong Republican deleted the post and said, I didnt realize some folks associate it with violence. That didnt occur to me when I saw it but I am opposed to violence in all circumstances so I took it down.
Comey added soon after that he simply assumed that the numbers were a political message.....
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard appeared on Fox News and said she wants to see Comey put behind bars for this. A variety of GOP lawmakers, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, scrambled to toe the party line and condemn the former FBI director.
Trump himself ultimately joined the parade, in predictably Trumpian fashion.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3lpc47zkqk22g
Link to tweet
......When the president first arrived in the White House eight years ago, he saw Comey as an ally Trump appeared to literally blow a kiss at the then-FBI director at a White House event in January 2017 thanks in part to Comeys role in undermining Hillary Clintons 2016 candidacy. In time, however, Trump soured on Comey, and ultimately fired him in the hopes of derailing the FBIs investigation into the presidents Russia scandal.
In the years that followed, Trump continued to target the former FBI director, accusing Comey of treason, and even calling for his prosecution over unidentified crimes.
As recently as a few months ago, just days after Trump loyalist Kash Patel was sworn in as the FBIs newest director, the conservative Washington Times reported that the bureau had opened an investigation into Comeys role in the FBIs investigation into Trumps 2016 campaign.
In other words, Team Trump has long seen Comey as a villain who should be targeted and investigated. His since-deleted Instagram post appears to have given the presidents operation an excuse to do what it wanted to do anyway.
Comey is an idiot. Comey's press conference on the Clinton email investigation was unethical and got trump elected. Comey's stupidity may be a valid defense if charges are brought.
Ilsa
(62,768 posts)He knows Orange Anus is on his revenge reign, but he manages to put something out there that draws the wrong kind of attention to himself, knowing how much O.A. hates him. If Comey did it for publicity, then he's not much better than O.A.
milestogo
(20,560 posts)It was public and humiliating. But it was also 8 years ago.
Ponietz
(3,685 posts)Hes probably living in his moms basement by now.
milestogo
(20,560 posts)Ponietz
(3,685 posts)Maybe dont put turds in punch bowls.
NBachers
(18,492 posts)Ocelot II
(124,738 posts)If you want to call it karma, fine; but as far as law and justice are concerned it's not OK; it's retributive fascism. It's weaponizing a harmless, common expression to persecute a political adversary for no good reason. Maybe he helped Trump get where he got in 2016, but there's still no reasonable or rational excuse for *this* - and they can and will do it to anybody. Maybe someone we like. Maybe even one of us. Have you ever used the expression "86" in a political context? I have, and with respect to 47. I am not a high-profile person like Comey, not someone to be bothered with - maybe. But if you think this kind of harassment is OK because it's Comey, you'd better think again. It's not. Not for him, not for anybody.
BeerBarrelPolka
(1,616 posts)This is how it starts.
UpInArms
(52,751 posts)I think the point is that Comey is to blame for much of which has transpired
Not that political persecution is ever the right path
UpInArms
(52,751 posts)When TFG tried to manipulate him
he was SHOCKED! and went and wrote a memo about it
What a tool and fool
sop
(14,208 posts)Ordering an FBI investigation of a political enemy for simply posting an extremely cryptic image - one that could only be interpreted by the most paranoid imbecile as some sort of physical threat to the president - is clearly a corrupt abuse of power. It's probably an impeachable offense.