>>6449204 (pb)

>need that body language gal on this. he's reallly going all out to shred POTUS, most i've seen to date.

Not her, just a sensitive anon with some time to kill but I took a look at the interview. Here are some things that stood out to me.

>Overall

He looks alert and is paying attention to what's going on around him (i.e. not in his own head in a thousand-yard stare RR-style), and he regularly adjusts himself in his chair and fidgets a bit so he's not scared stiff or so frightened he's tense. He turns to face whoever is speaking (sometimes before they start) and with the exception of one panelist has very normal eye contact with whoever is asking him a question. Hard to tell if Comey didn't the questions being asked or didn't like the guy asking them (or both).

>Guest Introduction

Comey's not really smiling when he first appears, and he doesn't smile or lighten up when introduce. Tells me he's in a professional and serious mindset at this point compared to the casual one he adopts in the latter half of the interview where he is more light-hearted and dynamic.

>0:39 Re: Why he thinks Mueller chose not to recommend indicting Trump in his report

<"He was trying to abide the Department of Justice… ruling that says you can't indict a sitting president."

Comey hesitates before saying the word 'ruling' but not when talking about the DoJ implying it was not actually a DoJ ruling Mueller was abiding by, but something else from the DoJ. He does this again later on when talking about how Mueller would 'rule' in his report.

>1:52 Re: Barr's summary of Comey's reluctance to make public that Trump was not under investigation

Comey's eyes are narrowed and brow furled while talking about how he disagrees with Barr's summary, likely genuine anger/frustration about that. Comey also stares at the male panelist who asked the question (bad with names, also don't care) for the entire time we can clearly see his eyes during his response. Compare to interactions with other panelists which are more natural and impromptu, with his eyes wandering about as he thinks.

>3:45

<"…where one of their advisors was talking to a foreign adversary's representative about that adversary's interferece in our election…"

Comey again stares directly at the male panelist while answering, but looks down and to the right while saying "interference in our election." Notably he does not do this while talking about 'foreign adversaries' or their representatives who would presumably be doing said interfering. The "interference in our election" is what is problematic, at least more so than who did it. It either never happened or happened in a way completely counter to what the public knows.

>3:48 above sentence con't

<"…they would be screaming for the FBI to investigate, and that's all we did."

Comey subconsciously shakes his head 'no' while saying "that's all we did," implying he knows that is not what actually happened.

>4:28 Re: Public's trust in FBI as an organization

<"…hurts our ability to be trusted…"

Comey's voice waivers while saying this, and he gets a little quieter and pauses slightly in the middle of 'trusted.' He knows people no longer trust him or his old organization. Given how he reacts later in the interview when asked about his loss of personal credibility, he's probably more upset that people no longer trust him than the FBI.

Those are probably the biggest points I could find. For the rest of the interview he relaxes a bit and acts much more informally. He even smiles and laughs dismissively when a subordinate's criticism of him is read by a panelist, though he does get serious again when the question of his personal credibility comes up.

His description of interacting with POTUS (at 5:55 kek) seems to be his genuine impression of such an experience; he constantly looks around at the different panelists to validate his opinion ("I'm not alone guys, right? This is crazy, right?") and he uses appropriate, specific hand-motions to emphasize and visually demonstrate the metaphors he's using to ensure his audience understands his point exactly the way he does (i.e. he wants people to see his point of view clearly) so giving that a listen is pretty neat.