Gist: Comey Can't Confess




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Summary: On The Gist, if Chuck Schumer gets his way with decriminalizing marijuana, we can finally say goodbye to the lowest-hanging fruit: pot jokes.<br><br>Crooked Media founder <a href="https://twitter.com/jonlovett">Jon Lovett</a> finds the James Comey book deeply frustrating—to read, to hear about, to contemplate. “But, you know,” says Lovett, “I’m a political self-harmer so I have downloaded the audiobook.” He explains the logical fallacy at the heart of one of Comey’s most frequent recitations and does a little free campaign consulting. Listen to his shows, <a href="https://crooked.com/podcast-series/pod-save-america/"><em>Pod Save America</em></a> and <a href="https://crooked.com/podcast-series/lovett-or-leave-it/"><em>Lovett or Leave It</em></a>. <br><br>In the Spiel, let’s draw a lesson from Meghan McCain’s faux pas (and real props) regarding J. Edgar Hoover.