McMASTER TO THE DEFENSE: The member of President Trump’s White House with arguably the highest credibility, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, was sent out to explain the president’s sharing of intelligence with Russian diplomats, and for a few hours it appeared McMaster may have successfully made the case that the president’s actions were “wholly appropriate.” It seemed like some of the air was going out of the latest bombshell report.

Then the Comey memo dropped.