Kristi Noem said police are checking a post online by James Comey. Some people think it asks for violence against President Trump.

Comey put a photo of shells on Instagram. He said the shells looked like numbers "86 47". He said he saw them when he walked on the beach.

Some people who worked with Trump said Comey wanted someone to kill Trump. Noem said the police are checking this.

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. Then, Comey said, "I put up a picture of shells from the beach. I thought it was about politics. I didn't 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 from the FBI said he knew about it. He is talking to the Secret Service about it.

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

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

Comey worked for the FBI from 2013 to 2017. Trump fired him. The FBI was looking at Trump and Russia. Comey wrote a popular book about his work.

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