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It is unclear who made the message or how, but the grass appears deliberately burned or discolored.
U.S. Park Police said it’s investigating the matter.
“Grass samples have been collected for testing,” the agency told media outlets.
The phrase “86 47” has been used often by Trump critics, including fired FBI Director James B. Comey.
Last year, Comey posted a photo on Instagram of seashells on a beach forming the numbers “86 47,” prompting an inquiry by the U.S. Secret Service.
Jordan made the comments during an interview with Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer while discussing a social media controversy involving Comey.
Hemmer referenced Comey’s explanation that the image was simply something he noticed while walking on a beach in North Carolina.
“Well, it’s is a crime to threaten the president. 18 USC Section 871. So you can’t do that. And he obviously did,” Jordan said.
“Now, he tries to tell us No, no, no. He was just strolling on the beach one morning drinking his coffee and the good lord washed up on shore and the shells formed 86-47 and he took a picture of it,” Jordan said.
Jordan then broadened his criticism, tying the controversy to Comey’s role in the early Trump-Russia investigation.
“But you can’t threaten the president,” Jordan said. “I think it’s important to remember this is Jim Comey who started it all.”
A federal judge has been assigned to preside over Comey’s case after the Justice Department issued new charges against him late last month.
In an interview last weekend, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche made it clear that Comey’s indictment was the result of a year-long investigation and had much more to it than his seashells photo posted to Instagram.
“Every case requires an investigation, and what you just showed is one part of that investigation. What you just showed is the Instagram post,” he told Fox News.
“Rest assured that the career Assistant United States Attorneys in North Carolina, the career FBI agents, the career Secret Service agents that investigated this case didn’t just look at the Instagram post and walk away,” he continued.
“That’s why you saw an indictment last week, notwithstanding the fact that it was last May that the post was made. So I am not permitted to get into details of what the grand jury heard or found, as you know, but rest assured that it’s not just the Instagram post that leads somebody to get indicted,” Blanche added.
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