Federal officials said they were looking into a now-deleted social media post by Comey last week, where he posted a photo of seashells that spelled out “86 47″. Many MAGA loyalists and Trump himself accused Comey of calling for his assassination with that post.

Former FBI Director James Comey joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House for the first time since controversy erupted due to a social media post by James Comey, where he posted a photo of the numbers “8647” spelled out with shells on the beach.

The former FBI director revealed his initial thoughts on the "political" message in his first on-camera interview since the post.