"It’s been a bit of a distraction, honestly," Comey said Monday night during a Barnes & Noble appearance on Manhattan’s Upper West Side to promote his new crime novel, FDR Drive.

Comey explains the "8647" post and his experience with the Secret Service on Deadline: White House.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard reacts to former FBI Director James Comey's now-deleted Instagram post of a formation of seashells on a beach that spell "8647."