Kristi Noem said police are checking a post online. James Comey wrote it. Some Republicans think it talks about violence against Donald Trump.

Comey put a photo of shells on Instagram. He said the shells looked like numbers. The photo shows the numbers "86 47".

Some people who worked for Trump said Comey wanted Trump to be killed. Noem said the police are checking this and will do something about it.

Merriam-Webster says "86" can mean "throw out" or "refuse." It also says some people use it to mean "kill," but this is new and not common.

The message is gone now. Comey then said, "I put up a photo of shells I found on the beach. I thought it was about politics. I did not know some people think those numbers mean violence."

Comey wrote something online. Some people did not like it. Donald Trump Jr. said Comey wanted his father to die.

Kash Patel works for the FBI. He said he knows about the message. He is talking to the Secret Service about it.

James Blair works at the White House. He said this is a hard time because Trump is in the Middle East.

Blair said on X that Jim Comey is telling bad people to hurt the President while he is in the Middle East.

Comey was the boss of the FBI from 2013 to 2017. Trump fired him when he was president. The FBI was looking at Trump and Russia at that time. Comey wrote a book about his work called “A Higher Loyalty.” It was a very popular book.

He writes crime stories now. His new book, "FDR Drive," comes out on Tuesday. He wants people to know about it.