This Trump/Comey/Russia/Hillary thing has more tentacles than the octopus in 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea!

The NBC’s Lester Holt interview with President Trump last night has fueled more breathless reporting and crazy speculation than anyone can fathom.

Given that Holt interrupted the President multiple times, a few interesting items emerged. One is that, regardless of what anyone else said, the President was moving towards firing Comey anyway.

While many are fixating on the whole dinner aspect of the interview, or ignoring the fact that Comey effectively hindered the DOJ’s ability to consider prosecuting Hillary when he proclaimed ‘nothing to see here, move along,’ others are throwing names into the ring for the next FBI director. Those names include Rudy Guiliani, Trey Gowdy, Chris Christie, and believe it or not, Merrick Garland.

Instead of a special prosecutor, @realDonaldTrump should nominate Merrick Garland to replace James Comey.

— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) May 11, 2017

Grasping at straws perhaps? Meanwhile Democrats have renewed their efforts to push previously stalled legislation calling for an independent prosecutor.