James Comey’s Russia Rorschach test

Published June 9, 2017 4:01am ET



Fired FBI Director James Comey’s Thursday testimony in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee about his brief, tumultuous relationship with President Trump meant whatever you thought it meant.

Trump supporters came away thinking Comey didn’t lay a glove on the president and instead exposed himself as a craven political operator and the kind of leaker that Trump is trying to hunt down. To Trump’s opponents, Comey heroically resisted the president’s attempt to an influence an FBI investigation into former national security adviser Mike Flynn and was summarily fired for his independence.

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