From the left: Comey Memos Won’t Hurt Russia Inquiry

Democrats’ warnings that the release of James Comey’s memos on his discussions with the president will hurt Bob Mueller’s investigation are reasonable but wrong, explains The Atlantic’s Adam Serwer. That’s because “so much of their content was publicly known from Comey’s public testimony last year, his recently released book, and his public appearances.” If anything, “they bolster his credibility, because contemporaneous accounts are considered more accurate than recollections.” But that won’t necessarily be true for other leaks, which is why the GOP shouldn’t make this a habit: “If the Department of Justice accedes to future requests, it might give potential targets of the investigation a heads up on information they shouldn’t have access to yet.”