Yesterday’s post McCabe vs. Comey: the Plot Thickens has been published by The American Spectator under the title Andrew McCabe Is Going to Have to Cut a Deal subtitled Which is bad news for “truth teller” James Comey. Amazing how much information the Spectator can pack into a headline.

In the above illustration, McCabe is the mouse, and the cat is Comey. It seems that McCabe is back to threatening to sue the president and others for defamation. We can only hope that he goes after Comey for besmirching his reputation for probity and truthfulness. McCabe told the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) that he kept Comey fully apprised of his information leak to the Wall Street Journal. Comey said McCabe denied doing it.

As long as Comey was talking to the OIG and FBI investigators, his remarks about McCabe were subject to the law enforcement privilege which holds that you can’t be sued for defamation based on a good faith report to the authorities. But Comey can’t help himself. As he criss crosses America on his “I’m the Greatest!” book tour, he’s  been saying bad things about McCabe’s lack of candor. So, for the entertainment value alone, we can only hope that McCabe sues Comey. It’s irrelevant who wins. To paraphrase Shakespeare, “The fight’s the thing.”

Today’s top reads are Comey’s Memos Indicate Dossier Briefing of Trump Was A Setup by Mollie Hemingway in The Federalist and The Comey & Mueller Show by Conrad Black in National Review.

That’s it for now. Have a great week-end!