jaime comey and house republicans made a break through in their standoff over his testimony. he will address the house gop committee this friday, which means republican can grill him. the context is critical. after two years in power, why are house republicans pressing this fight against comey right now? republicans on the judiciary committee want comey to only appear initially they said in a closed session, and comey went to court to argue everything should be in public. his lawyer says the public hearing would combat gop efforts to peddle a distorted partisan narrative through selective leaks that republicans might do about this week s hearing. the news tonight is that the content of this hearing, the words themselves, will be public. comey ice side, according to this new agreement, will get a transcript of the hearing within one day. why is so comey skeptical? consider it was just 13 days ago