Addressing Bret Baeir during his trip to the Middle East, Trump criticized the former FBI director for Publish a photo of shells That said “86 47.”
“He knew exactly what it meant,” said Trump, according to interview extracts published on Friday. “A child knows what it meant. If you are the director of the FBI and you do not know what it meant, it meant the assassination. ”
Trump is the 47th president. The number “86” means “throwing”, “getting rid of” or “refusing service”, according to Merriam-Wesbaster, the dictionary used by the Associated Press.
Comey apologized for the position and denied that it was a call for violence.
Trump did not say what should then happen with Comey, saying: “I don’t want to take a stand on it” and the case was up to his staff. However, he described it as a “dirty cop”.
“And if he had a clean story, I could understand if there was a leniency, but I will let them make this decision,” he said.
The secret services are investigating, according to the Secretary of Internal Security, Kristi Noem.
