Comey Testifies About Trump's 'Cloud'

Accusing the White House of "lies, plain and simple," former FBI Director James Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday.

I was live-drawing the hearing Thursday morning, focusing on Comey and our senators from California.  While Comey was testifying before the Senate, President Trump was touting his infrastructure plan to a friendlier crowd in Ohio.

Here are a few selections from this morning's cartoon frenzy, beginning with James Comey being sworn in.

The former FBI director went on to voice his concerns . . .

. . . and called on President Trump to release any tapes of their conversations, if they exist.

Then along came California's longtime senator, Dianne Feinstein.

When it was her turn to question Comey, California's freshman Sen. Kamala Harris made a memorable analogy as she pointed out Trump's use of the word "hope" when allegedly telling the FBI director, "I hope you can let this go" -- referring to the inquiry into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

"When a robber held a gun to somebody’s head and said, 'I hope you give me your wallet,' the word hope was not the operative word at that moment," Harris said.