FBI Director Patel says man who threatened Trump used same message as Comey's 'destructive' Instagram post

FBI Director Kash Patel took to social media on Tuesday to condemn a former Coast Guard officer who was arrested for allegedly threatening to assassinate President Donald Trump, which Patel claimed resulted, in part, from a "destructive" Instagram post shared earlier this year by his predecessor, former FBI director James Comey. 

"This is a guy who threatened President Trump’s life using the ‘86 47’ language," Patel said of Peter Stinson, the former Coast Guard official who was charged with making threats to kill the president. Stinson, who served from 1988 to 2021 in the Coast Guard – where he held roles as a sharpshooter and FEMA instructor – will appear in federal court for the first time on Wednesday.

Stinson appears to have made multiple, graphic threats against President Donald Trump, according ...