MATT TAIBBI: James Comey Was Sure He Was Above The Law. Supporters Hope He’s Right: As James Comey is arraigned, new documents show the FBI under his watch criminally investigated first, and looked for reasons later. “Anything you can get away with doing to an elected billionaire president can be done to everyone. If you get away with breaking attorney-client privilege for Trump, no conversation with any lawyer is safe; if you test-a-lie your way to Trump surveillance warrants, anyone can be spied on; if FBI goons can target the president for criminal investigation first and hunt for predication later, any FBI chief can cook up any case he or she pleases. The prospect of this particular ex-FBI chief walking is outrageous since no one, not even former CIA chief John Brennan, lied so frequently, fluidly, and with such absolute assurance of getting away with it as James Comey.”

Make an example of him that will terrify his successors for decades.