trump, one on march 30th and one on april 11th where he quote described the russia investigation ass a cloud that was impairing his ability end quote as president and asked you quote to lift the cloud end quote. how did you intrp areerate that? and what did you believe he wanted you to do? i interpreted that as he was frustrated that the russia investigation was taking up so much time and energy i think he meant of the executive branch but in the public square in general and it was making it difficult for him to focus on other priorities of his. so comey tells congress the russia business was a cloud the president believed was impairing his ability as president. that s what he said to congress out loud.