FBI asked 'Sammy the Bull' if ex-Gambino mob prosecutor Comey knew meaning of '86': court filing

Fox News · right 1 technique found 3.3% of sentences flagged

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What the model flagged

Analyzed 2026-08-23 04:03 UTC. Articles are sometimes updated after publication — if a quote below isn't in the current version, the piece has changed since.

Findings may include language the outlet is quoting rather than asserting. We flag manipulation techniques wherever they appear, including inside quotations — so check each quote against the original before drawing a conclusion about the outlet.

Loaded Language 70%

The sentence uses the nickname 'Sammy the Bull' and the phrase 'mob prosecutor' alongside Comey's name to create negative associations through proximity to organized crime imagery — for example: associating a public figure with mob terminology

“Sammy the Bull”
“mob prosecutor Comey”

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