Key facts
- Former FBI Director James Comey characterized his social media post about seashells as political speech.
- Comey asserted that the post was not intended as a threat against Donald Trump.
Former FBI Director James Comey has clarified that a social media post he made, which featured seashells, was intended as political commentary and not as a threat directed at Donald Trump. Comey's remarks aim to dispel interpretations that his post carried any menacing undertones towards the former president.