A pair of federal agencies are investigating former FBI director James Comey over a possible threat via social media against President Donald Trump, who fired him eight years ago, officials said Thursday.
Comey said that he had not been aware of the coded threat message in his post—a picture of seashells on a beach arranged into numbers—which he later deleted.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem alleged on the X social media platform that Comey had “just called for the assassination” of Trump. Noem said her office was investigating the alleged threat along with the Secret Service, and both agencies “will respond appropriately.”…