the president said on may 18th, which is that he never pressured me isn t true. and i would say that to continue the boxing metaphor, as you said in the intro, that comey got in the first punch. but i think by putting this down on paper, getting it out 24 hours in advance, it is the first punch that will lead to the second and third and fourth punches that will come in when the committee starts asking questions. and particularly democrats who are going to zero in on particular parts of his testimony to burrow in even further to what happened during all of those meetings that he talked about, nine in total. but the drama maybe it s just my judgment, but the drama is that meeting where trump asked for his loyalty, and it s such a godfather aspect to it, where you re in a room all alone with the president of the united states in the most historic part of the white house, one of those rooms that you visit when you come to visit the white house. you re all alone. a couple navy steward