He told MSNBC host Nicole Wallace during an interview that his wife, Patrice Failor, was the one who spotted an arrangement of seashells during a walk along a beach spelling out the numbers “86” and “47”—and that she explained their meaning to him.

Dan Bongino, the FBI's deputy director, condemned former FBI Director James Comey's "86 47" social media post as the FBI and Secret Service investigate potential threats.

The Merriam-Webster dictionary traces “86” to “1930s soda-counter slang meaning that an item was sold out. There is varying anecdotal evidence about why the term eighty-six was used, but the most common theory is that it is rhyming slang for nix.”

Fox News producer Johnny Belisario confronted James Comey at a book signing to ask about his attention-grabbing anti-Trump Instagram post. But the former FBI director remained tight-lipped until Belisario was led away wanting more.

Comey said he spoke with the Secret Service multiple times, including in person, about the post after agents contacted him.

Former FBI Director James Comey doesn't expect the Trump administration to take any further action against him over an Instagram post that some, including the president, viewed as a call to