The 5-Minute Fix: What the Comey memos do (and don’t) reveal about Trump
Democracy Dies in Darkness Keeping up with politics is easy now By Amber Phillips We have an even fuller picture of what fired FBI director James B. Comey thinks President Trump did wrong. All seven of Comey's memos detailing his private conversations with Trump were shared with Congress this week — and soon after, the media. Comey testified last summer about his concerns about Trump and leaked part of those memos to the media. Former FBI director James B. Comey is sworn in during a Senate hearing in June. (Alex Brandon/AP) There's so much attention on Comey's memos because they lift the curtain on what Trump ostensibly thinks of Russia and the Russia investigation in private — but they're only Comey's perspective. As such, Trump and his allies were quick to claim that the memos disprove the allegations connected to the president: that his campaign colluded with Russia to influence the election...