Former FBI director James Comey says he's still a bit bewildered over how a seemingly innocent Instagram shot of shells arranged in the sand led to allegations by Donald Trump among others that he was calling for the president's assassination.

Hannity’ panelists Nicole Parker and Gregg Jarrett break down former FBI Director James Comey’s controversial ‘86 47’ post, seen by some as a threat against President Donald Trump, and his response during an MSNBC interview.

The Merriam-Webster dictionary traces “86” to “1930s soda-counter slang meaning that an item was sold out. There is varying anecdotal evidence about why the term eighty-six was used, but the most common theory is that it is rhyming slang for nix.”

Former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director James Comey pointed fingers at President Donald Trump’s administration Monday for their so-called

James Comey’s controversial, now-deleted Instagram photo of seashells spelling out the numbers “86 47” only adds to a long list of social media posts from the former FBI director that have sparked a mix of both anger and — more often — a heavy dose of eye rolls.

Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo slammed former FBI director James Comey for going on MSNBC to “lie” that his controversial “86 47” social media post was “totally innocent.” The Instagram image posted on Thursday,

"It never occurred to me that it was any kind of controversial thing, but that's the kind of time we live in." Those are the words of James Brien Comey Jr., former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and someone who's spent no considerable amount of his life investigating threats on high-profile targets.