THE DAY BEFORE, PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S FORMER DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE JAMES CLAPPER REPEATED, UNDER OATH, WHAT HE TOLD NBC NEWS’ CHUCK TODD ON MEET THE PRESS ON MARCH 5 — THAT HE HAD SEEN NO EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION BETWEEN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT. THAT GAVE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THE BREATHING ROOM TO DISMISS COMEY — WHICH IT SIMPLY DID NOT HAVE BEFORE.