Former FBI Director James Comey’s prepared statement for the Senate Intelligence Committee set Twitter ablaze, but most lawmakers did not rush out to react. Sen. John McCain called the statement “disturbing,” but generally did the John McCain thing of trying to give the media a good mavericky quote without actually bucking his party, saying “I think there's going to be many shoes to drop before this one is over."
While officials held back, journalists and other observers had a lot to say—much of it shocked repeating of key details of Comey’s statement. Even Fox News had to say something:
There were lessons to be drawn for other Trump staffers and agency heads:
And predictions:
Some legal observers had thoughts about what Comey’s statement showed:
But an awful lot of the responses on Twitter boil down to this: Whoa. Did you see that?