Both Republican politicians and Trump’s lawyer are trying to scream “Squirrel!” This is to take our eyes away from the basic facts in Comey’s testimony today. One key element of this is the attempt to turn around his testimony to be some sort of incrimination of Comey for “leaking.” By definition, leaking refers to classified information, which was purposely not in the memos. Therefore, it cannot be a “leak” in the normal use of the word.
In reality, they are attacking Comey for snitching. He gave information to the press that makes the president look bad. They are trying to obscure the picture by trying to make it seem like this was somehow illegal or highly inappropriate. However, it is an obvious case of whistle-blowing. When you’re guilty though, you call it snitching. In other words, Comey is guilty of not being loyal to Trump’s and Paul Ryan’s Family. The GOP is showing itself to be a legalized form of an organized crime ring. Most of that involves changing the law so that illegal behavior becomes legal (see the House of Reps. passing a bill to undo Dodd-Frank). Trump is just helping them take this to the next level.