12:04 PM: Interesting exchange: “SEN COTTON: Let’s turn our attention to the underlying activity at issue here, Russia’s hacking in those e-mails and releasing them, and allegations of collusion. Do you believe Donald Trump colluded with Russia? COMEY: That’s a question I don’t think I should answer in an open setting. When I left, we did not have an investigation focused on president trump. But that’s a question that will be answered by the investigation, I think.”
11:57 AM: “All I can do is hope. The president surely knows whether he taped me.”
11:34 AM: One thing I’m curious about: Comey says that he interpreted the Flynn ask to be just about Flynn, not the broader Russia investigation. But if I’m not mistaken, Flynn was already being investigated for his lobbying. So was Trump also trying to get that probe killed? It certainly sounds like he was saying, give Flynn a pass. Period. But in this questioning, Comey seems to be saying it was just about accounts of the Russia conversations.
