is when he s guilty he wants high-level people in the law and order wings of the u.s. government to say he isn t. yeah. to come out and do it in a very public way. i think the comey example is maybe the most parallel. so comey is telling him privately, look, sir, you are not a target of this investigation, at least not right now. but because comey won t go out and say it publicly after multiple requests, the president fires him. then insists on making that a part of sort of the firing letter. he doesn t even sort of try to hide behind the pretenses. he says thanks for telling me three times i wasn t under investigation. because it just so vexes him that jim comey won t go out and say that. maybe we are seeing the early signs of that with barr. this is not a session situation yet. but it certainly is parallel to some things we have seen in the past. that s right. the comey example is spot on. that is perhaps one of the largest reasons why he was fired. the president asked him