It seems now that the dust has settled.  It’s interesting that the two damning things from Mr. Comey’s testimony are first, that he was cowed against his better judgment and F.B.I. policy by A.G. Lynch and called the criminal investigation of Hillary a “matter,” and second, that he secretly provided to a friend an official government document specifically and admittedly to leak it to the mainstream media with the hope of prompting the appointment of a “Special Counsel,” in effect a punishment.

This second point is quite troubling because Mr. Comey assured us that the F.B.I. could not be misdirected, that in its professional capacity it simply could not be matched. He also assured that the Congressional committees reviewing the matter are bi-partisan, cooperative, and professional with the same aims and goals. Yet he secretly harbored a desire for a “special counsel,” which, as we know from history in both Democrat and Republican “scandals,” will stray far from the subject, spend vast sums of time and money, and produce nothing of value to our country.

How confident in Mr. McCabe, the Deputy Director, and others was Mr. Comey if he felt the need to remove from his own portfolio, the investigation?