This is what the GOP always does, the classic Darrel Issa method. Unprepared, they ask shit questions, always giving the deponent a free ride out.
It was shocking how feeble Grassley (87 years old!) was off script. Probably a combination of his age and his staff not preparing him.
It is inexcusable to me. Infuriating. They wait months for this guy to show up, Three or four tranches of new evidence come out, all of them seriously incriminating, and they don’t have the intelligence to consult with a real litigation attorney to write out 10 steel trap questions they could ask Comey that would nail him down. They could spend a couple of grand for 2 hours of a real attorneys time, or take Ted Cruz to lunch and buy him three tacos and get it done. Instead, they pretend to be litigators and completely blow a golden opportunity. It is stupid and arrogant.