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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Sommerlad

What does 8647 mean? The ‘code’ that led to charges against former FBI director James Comey

Former FBI director James Comey was made the subject of an arrest warrant by the Department of Justice for allegedly calling for the assassination of Donald Trump - by posting a picture of sea shells on Instagram.

Prosecutors insisted in their indictment that the photograph of the shells spelling out the numbers “8647” – which Comey took down shortly after posting it last May when it was interpreted by online conservatives as veiled advocacy for political violence – was “a serious expression of an intent to do harm to the president of the United States.”

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