son there after, cnn published excerpts from the closed-door congressional interview of the fbi general counsel. the interview that had apparently been part of the predicate for that "new york times" article and what cnn published was just as hair raising. fbi general counsel james baker telling the congressional committee, quote, if the president of the united states fired james comey at the behest of the russian government, that would be unlawful and unconstitutional. a republican congressman then responded to baker and said, quote, is that what happened here? and baker responded, quote, i don't know. then an fbi lawyer, quote, cut off additional questions on that line of inquiry. if the president of the united states fired jim comey at the behest of the russian government, i don't know, maybe that's what happened. then "the washington post" reported that president trump confiscated notes from his