president. one republican called james comey the leaker in chief. but that republican did not say that he did not believe james comey. even rand paul's defense of the president was based on believing james comey. and so james comey's credibility remained intact today in washington. 100% intact. joining us now, david cay johnston, the pulitzer prize winning journalist and a trump biographer who founded dcreport.org, a nonprofit news organization that covers the trump administration. and also with us ana marie cox, senior political correspondent for mtv news and host of the podcast with friends like these. ana marie, james comey's credibility was not the thing that republicans went after today when they were trying in their small ways to help the president. but the striking thing was how