In his trademark well informed and lucid style, former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy took just over four minutes to explain to Tucker Carlson's viewers why President Trump's dinner conversation with James Comey, bandied about as "obstruction of justice" by many on the left, was not improper. But before you view the video below, consider the false notion propagated by Comey in his written introductory statement to his testimony today.  Comey writes of the "independence" of the FBI and Justice Department from the executive branch: My instincts told me that the one-on-one setting, and the pretense that this was our first discussion about my position, meant the dinner was, at least in part, an effort to have me ask for my job and create some sort of patronage relationship. That concerned me greatly, given the FBI's traditionally independent status in the executive branch. This much is defensible, since he speaks of...(Read Full Post)