Comey: Hero, villain and Shakespearean character who lived up to hype

Former FBI director, was sworn in at the start of his testimony before Senate Intelligence Committee

On the 140th day of the Trump presidency — one for each allotted character on the executive Twitter feed that stayed conspicuously silent all Thursday morning — a very tall man with a very strange place in this very bewildering moment in American history strolled into Hart Senate Office Building 216, shot a quick glance at the masses arrayed behind him and presented a seen-it-all city with something unusual.

In a capital accustomed to overcooked spectacle and insufferable congressional testimony, James B. Comey delivered on the hype.

For about two and a half hours, the room fell into an anxious hush, punctured