His Opening Statement. In his very first meeting they talked about loyalty and whether comey wanted to stay in the job. That relationship between performance and staying in the job kept going throughout. Comey didnt do what the president wanted, was fired. So what he thought was implicit actually came to pass. What does congress do about this . Well, they are where it will end up if it ends up anywhere. The president cant be prosecuted, the law says, what will congress do . What will the republicans do . Theyre four square in support of the president still. Whats the standard . During the campaign, republicans and donald trump said it was outrageous that bill clinton met with the attorney general investigating his wifes server. They thought it was obstruction. If that was obstruction, whats the new standard now . The president s popularity rating isnt very high, and that undercuts his support in congress. It does, although its still pretty high with republicans who will vote in the off