DAY 139: Trump told Comey he had nothing to do with Russian hookers... and that Flynn is a "good guy"

The US Senate released the written remarks James Comey prepared for his testimony before Congress tomorrow, June 7. The remarks contain the following passage, in which he suggested to Comey that Trump wanted him to stop the Russia investigation:

On the morning of March 30, the President called me at the FBI. He described the Russia investigation as “a cloud” that was impairing his ability to act on behalf of the country. He said he had nothing to do with Russia, had not been involved with hookers in Russia, and had always assumed he was being recorded when in Russia. He asked what we could do to “lift the cloud.” I responded that we were investigating the matter as quickly as we could, and that there would be great benefit, if we didn’t find anything, to our having done the work well. He agreed, but then re-emphasized the problems this was causing him.

That was on page six in the document with the written remarks. Quite specific, don't you think? Why would Trump feel compelled to tell Comey he had nothing to do with Russian hookers? By the way, that was an obvious reference to the intelligence report that claims Trump hired Russian prostitutes to pee on him.

But there's more. Prior to that paragraph, on page 5, Comey wrote this:

The President then returned to the topic of Mike Flynn, saying, “He is a good guy and has been through a lot.” He repeated that Flynn hadn’t done anything wrong on his calls with the Russians, but had misled the Vice President. He then said, “I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go.” I replied only that “he is a good guy.” (In fact, I had a positive experience dealing with Mike Flynn when he was a colleague as Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency at the beginning of my term at FBI.) I did not say I would “let this go.”

So let's analyze this. First Trump says Flynn is a "good guy" even though Trump, or at least his people, knew that Flynn had talked to Russian officials, was receiving money from Turkey and received money from Russia, AND lied in his security clearance application.

In other words, Trump lied about Flynn.

Then he said he had nothing to do with Russian hookers.

I don't know, but I don't really feel like believing Trump about the hookers if he lied about Flynn.