Overview

• The New York Times report says agents in unmarked cars and plain clothes tailed Comey from North Carolina to his Virginia home after his social media post depicting seashells arranged as '86 47'.
• Officials cited 'exigent' circumstances as justification for the surveillance, a law enforcement term denoting a pressing need for immediate action.
• Comey, who deleted the post and called it 'silly,' maintains he had no intention of inciting violence or endorsing an assassination.
• Donald Trump Jr. publicly accused Comey of 'casually calling for my dad to be murdered,' highlighting the partisan divide over the interpretation of the coded message.
• Lawmakers and security officials are questioning federal threat-assessment protocols after the agency diverted resources to investigate an ambiguous social media post.