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To ‘86’ occasionally means to kill but usually doesn’t: A linguistic investigation into the Instagram threat charge against James Comey
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The article discusses a federal indictment of former FBI Director James Comey in April 2026 for alleged threats against President Trump based on a social media post of seashells arranged as numbers, examining the linguistic meaning of '86' and whether it constitutes a criminal threat.
To ‘86’ occasionally means to kill but usually doesn’t: A linguistic investigation into the Instagram threat charge against James Comey
A federal grand jury indicted former FBI Director James Comey in April 2026 over a social media photo of seashells. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
A federal grand jury in April 2026 charged James Comey with making a threat against President Donald Trump and transmitting a crime across state lines.
The charges came after Comey, the former FBI director, posted an image of seashells on a North Carolina beach, arranged in the form of the numerals “86” and “47.” Forty-seven was an ostensible
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