RantCrush Top 5: June 9, 2017

After keeping quiet all day yesterday, President Donald Trump has finally spoken about the Comey hearing. But his comments were somewhat contradictory–in a 3 a.m. tweet, he both claimed that Comey had lied, and that he felt completely vindicated.

let’s not understate how serious this is. The president of the United States is accusing the former FBI director of perjury. https://t.co/k3VsZyiptX

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) June 9, 2017

At the hearing, Comey said that he had given his notes about the dinner conversation with Trump–the one where Trump allegedly asked him to drop the investigation into Michael Flynn–to a “good friend” who is a professor at Columbia Law School, who then “leaked” the memos to the press. That announcement resulted in the school’s website crashing, while everyone tried to figure out who the mystery professor was.

Comey says he had to break a date with his wife to eat with Trump. Says he wished he had eaten with his wife.

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 8, 2017

One of the weirdest moments of the hearing was Senator John McCain’s questioning. The senator didn’t make any sense. Seemingly confused, he referred to Trump as “President Comey” and tried to conflate the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails with the Trump and Russia investigation. Although they are clearly about different things, and the Clinton investigation has been closed, he called it a double standard and didn’t let it go. People were confused and expressed concerns about McCain’s health.

I don’t know what was up with John McCain but I’m pretty sure Hillary Clinton didn’t collude with the Russians to hack herself & elect Trump

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) June 8, 2017

Emma Von Zeipel

Emma Von Zeipel is a staff writer at Law Street Media. She is originally from one of the islands of Stockholm, Sweden. After working for Democratic Voice of Burma in Thailand, she ended up in New York City. She has a BA in journalism from Stockholm University and is passionate about human rights, good books, horses, and European chocolate. Contact Emma at EVonZeipel@LawStreetMedia.com.