2017 June 8^th

Now the public portion of the Comey hearing is over. What do we know now that we didn’t know last night, given that Comey released most all of his testimony then? Nothing much about Comey, but quite a lot about Trump’s very private and very expensive attorney, Marc Kasowitz, senior partner in Kasowitz, Benton, Torres and Friedman.

Kasowitz tells us that Comey’s testimony cleared Trump because Comey admitted that Trump was not under investigation. Was that worth 1500 dollars an hour? I doubt it. Poor Donald, this is just the beginning. We have Trump’s clear admission on tape to his Russian buddies that he fired Comey to shut down the Russian investigation. Kasowitz claims Trump never said that, but there it is on film. Maybe Trump should get a refund.

It is surprising that Trump did not tweet during Comey’s testimony. Maybe the recognition that he could wreck the value of his expensive attorney if he tweeted any of his usual garbage held him in check. I’ll bet that changes tonight.

OK, this is a tad brief but it will have to do for today. Tomorrow’s will be more expansive.