From Fox News' coverage ofComey's June 8 Congressional testimony:
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BILL HEMMER (HOST): Can you say today who won the day?
BRET BAIER: Not definitively. I think there were moments in this hearing where both sides made their points. What was clear is that Republicans were going after why didn't you step up and leave your position if you thought it was obstruction of justice? [Former FBI Director James] Comey was clear that he was making clear to the president that he was not under investigation, but Democrats continued to try to get him to characterize his thoughts about what the presidnt was intending by what he said. And at some point, he says -- Comey says -- why do you kick everybody out of the Oval Office and just leave me in? And make the case that he hopes the investigation against Flynn, he can move on from it. I think that the opening statement was surprising. It was strong. It took his gloves off right away. And numerous times, essentially, directly calling President Trump a liar.
That said, the biggest losers, Bill, Loretta Lynch. The former attorney general who clearly, according to Comey, told him to call the Clinton email investigation a matter and not an investigation. A matter tracking with the Clinton campaign's terminology at the time. That was not good. The other loser? The media. Comey says there are many, many stories pointing to anonymous sources that are just dead wrong. The New York Times was called out numerous times in this hearing. I think you're going to look at this overall, and you're going to see both sides are going to see points. I think Jim Comey comes off as answering all questions pretty forthcoming.
