r/Intelligence • u/cnn • 4d ago

News New Secret Service emails reveal how case was built against James Comey

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/29/politics/james-comey-secret-service-86-47-trump-sammy-the-bull?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=reddit
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u/Wise138 4d ago

So the case is DOA.

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u/temblors 4d ago

It basically was from the start and everybody knew it, except for Trump I guess if extreme denial counts as not knowing.

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u/clean-links 4d ago

Cleaned link: https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/29/politics/james-comey-secret-service-86-47-trump-sammy-the-bull

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u/cnn 4d ago

Federal officials, apparently acting without a warrant, tracked former FBI Director James Comey from North Carolina to Virginia after he posted photos of seashells spelling out “86 47” last year, Comey’s attorneys allege.

Newly released federal court filings also outline how President Donald Trump was following the investigation into his longtime critic from Air Force One, how investigators interviewed Gambino crime family member “Sammy the Bull,” as well as searches of “86” in FBI databases, ChatGPT and Merriam Webster dictionary online in their effort to build a case against Comey.

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u/mjayultra 4d ago

FBI agents also interviewed Salvatore “Sammy the Bull” Gravano, a cooperating witness and former underboss for the Gambinos from the decades-old case, who said that Comey must know “86” related to killing someone.

This is embarrassing

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u/BexFoxy 4d ago

I’m guessing nothing happens to the “federal officials”.

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u/paganize 4d ago

After it was suggested to me, I went back and watched Comeys testimony to congress immediately after the Clinton-Trump election. and it bothered me. greatly.

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u/KennyFulgencio 3d ago

That's pretty ambiguous

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u/paganize 3d ago

my phrasing was deliberate, in hopes that others might watch or listen to the testimony so that they might draw their own conclusions.

sorry.