Overview
- This week James Comey’s lawyers filed motions supported by internal Secret Service records saying agents were urged to use emergency phone‑tracking to locate him after his May 2025 “86 47” seashells post and that some agents called the step legally questionable.
- The filings say President Trump sought real‑time updates and requested notes from the Secret Service interview of Comey, a detail the defense argues shows presidential involvement in the probe.
- Comey’s team alleges prosecutors relied on thin or misleading evidence, including an interview with mob figure Salvatore Gravano, while omitting investigative results that undercut the claim that “86” unambiguously meant a call to kill.
- The defense asks the court to dismiss charges, suppress evidence obtained via the disputed surveillance and review grand jury materials, with the Justice Department due to respond in mid‑August and judges deciding next steps before any arraignment or trial.
- If judges accept the defense claims it could end or narrow the case and set limits on when speech is treated as a true threat and when law enforcement may invoke exigent tracking without a warrant.