[johnforbes]

He said Trump "hoped he could see his way clear" to exonerate Flynn. Sure, Trump would have been better off to have not discussed anything with Comey like that, but hoping for things to happen is not illegal.

Comey took notes, and put them together in non-classified form, and he did that for the purpose of leaking them to the media.

In leaking, he hoped to get a special counsel appointed.

In short, he was playing political games.

By his own admission, he was "cowardly" in going along with Loretta Lynch's effort to use the word "matter" instead of "investigation" for Hillary.

Jim let Hillary off the hook, and in public, but he declined to say in public that Trump was NEVER THE PERSONAL SUBJECT OF AN INVESTIGATION.

Jim is a drama queen, and it is good he was fired.

No doubt he was fired while out of the office so he couldn't take his computers and papers with him.

[Intrepid]

He did his level best to turn Trump's comment about hoping the investigation could be closed into implying a direct presidential order was given.

Nobody bought it.

[RealJustme]

Comey came across as a pussy. If he "felt" Trump was trying to influence his investigation he should have had the balls to point out to Trump he needed clarification on what the President meant when he said he hoped Flynn didn't do what he was accused of. Instead he *** his "concerns" of what the President might be trying to do to the media. Comey is a scum bag and should be under investigation for his self admitted leaking of government information. Trump saw that in him and fired his ass.

[johnforbes]

He also seemed unprepared to discuss why, if he felt "awkward" and so forth re what Trump said, he didn't bring that forward.

The fact that he didn't could mean he was guilty of misprision of felony under 18 USC 4.

But the more likely conclusion is that he didn't really feel awkward at all, and his "Memo to the File" was just a little CYA action for the future.