THE MOST CHILLING LINE OF COMEY’S TESTIMONY

The most damming line from former FBI director Comey’s testimony under oath is his account of why he wrote extensive, real-time notes of his conversations with Trump: “The nature of the person,” Comey explained. 

“I was honestly concerned that he might lie about the nature of our meeting, and so I thought it really important to document.”

The nature of the person.

This was the essence of Comey’s testimony: that the president of the United States is at his core a dishonest and untrustworthy man. It was judgment on character, not a legal opinion, and even Republicans on the Senate Intelligence Committee made no real attempt to dispel it.