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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Al Jazeera Staff

Was ex-FBI chief Comey’s ’86 47′ post calling for Trump assassination?

A combination of file photos shows US President Donald Trump in the White House in Washington, DC, April 9, 2018, and former FBI Director James Comey on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, June 8, 2017 [Carlos Barria, Jonathan Ernst/Reuters]

A social media post has dragged former FBI director James Comey into a maelstrom of accusations from critics that he called for the assassination of United States President Donald Trump.

Comey, a fierce Trump critic, denied in a statement that the photo he took and shared on Instagram was a call for violence, adding that “I oppose violence of any kind.” He has since taken down the photo in question.

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