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Salvatore Gravano told an FBI agent that James Comey 'had to know' that the mob term '86' meant killing, a detail in the DOJ case accusing Comey of threatening President Trump via a seashell-posted image; Gravano’s affidavit disputes that Comey understood the term’s violent meaning, while Comey says there was no violent intent and he removed the post. The FBI found no Gambino materials referencing '86'.
A federal indictment of former FBI Director James Comey centers on the meaning of '86'—whether it signals a threat to kill the president or simply to remove something—an ambiguity that could undermine prosecutors' ability to prove intent beyond a reasonable doubt. The charges spell out threatening the president and transmitting a threat via Instagram, with a combined maximum penalty of 10 years. Comey says there was no violent intent and deleted the post; Trump argues it signaled assassination. Legal experts are split on whether the evidence supports intent.