Steve Hilton, who is campaigning as a Republican for governor of California, Sunday on Newsmax added to the growing list of Republicans who don’t believe former FBI Director James Comey’s claims that he innocently posted a photograph of seashells lined up to read “86 47” without intending it as a threat to President Donald Trump.

“Well, first of all, I’m not buying this line from Comey that he just sort of happened to come across this on a beach,” Hilton told Newsmax’s “Sunday Agenda.” “Not that long ago, he happened to come across another political message perfectly laid out on his beach walk. I mean, I’ve never seen anything like this, and I live in California. We do beach walks all the time. So you know, give me a break. Of course, he put this together.”

Comey last week posted the photograph on his Instagram page, and took it down after several people, including Trump, said it was a call for assassination. 

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