Joe Rogan responds to Trump administration indicting James Comey over ‘86 47’ seashell image: ‘That is nuts’
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Key Points:
- Joe Rogan criticized the Trump administration's decision to indict former FBI Director James Comey over a 2025 Instagram post featuring seashells arranged to read "86 47," calling the prosecution "nuts" and a dangerous precedent for free speech.
- Comey faces two federal charges related to alleged threats against President Trump, with prosecutors interpreting "86" as a slang term meaning "get rid of" or "eliminate," potentially implying harm to Trump, the 47th president.
- Rogan argued that "86" typically means firing or removing someone rather than a violent threat, and emphasized that Comey was not FBI director at the time of the post, questioning the strength of the legal case.
- Despite endorsing Trump in 2024, Rogan has distanced himself from the president on various issues, and criticized the indictment as an overreach lacking substantial evidence beyond the ambiguous photo.
- Trump and his allies maintain that "86 47" is a call to kill the president, but Rogan and others view the charges as politically motivated and legally tenuous.
