Defense to argue Comey understood mob slang in Instagram threat case
Former Gambino underboss Salvatore “Sammy the Bull” Gravano told reporters that former FBI director James Comey “had to know” the term “86” is mob slang for killing, and his lawyers intend to raise that point in Comey’s pending federal case. The Justice Department has argued that Comey’s Instagram photo of seashells arranged as “86 47” can be read as a coded threat against President Donald Trump, rejecting claims the prosecution is vindictive. Federal prosecutors in North Carolina have also cited passages from Comey’s crime novel to support the threat allegation, while free-speech group PEN America criticized the government’s use of the novel as improper and a First Amendment concern.
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