He should be held accountable and put behind bars.”
The controversy comes amid heightened security concerns following multiple assassination attempts on Trump during the 2024 presidential campaign.
Including a shooting at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where a bullet grazed his ear.
Social media personality Ed Krassenstein has also claimed he was visited by the Secret Service for using the same number in a post.
Ed Krassenstein suggests the United States is becoming a dictatorship after he was paid a visit by the Secret Service for posting “8647” on X.
Krassenstein says he would “never, ever call for violence against anyone.”
“Trump wants to be a dictator, and I will not be intimidated… pic.twitter.com/kJK0XokmWI
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 16, 2025
Though he insists he only meant for Trump to be impeached or removed from office, not harmed.
Comey maintains he was unaware of any violent interpretation, stating: “It never occurred to me that some folks associate those numbers with violence.”
