Overview

• According to The New York Times, agents in unmarked cars and plain clothes tailed Comey and his wife from a North Carolina beach trip to their Virginia home after his Instagram post.
• The service also tracked his cellphone under claimed “exigent” circumstances, though officials have not explained what prompted the urgent action.
• Many within the administration interpreted the shells spelling “86 47” as a coded call for President Trump’s assassination, triggering the heightened scrutiny.
• Comey deleted the image and asserted he was unaware of any violent connotation and opposes violence of any kind.
• It remains unclear whether Secret Service agents or local law enforcement carried out the surveillance under the agency’s orders.