Donald Trump’s multiple public statements demanding the prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey delivered Comey’s defense team arguments to get the case thrown out. Andrew McCabe said he made the leak himself and told Comey about it afterwards, a sequence of events backed up by Comey’s testimony. In a statement to the Daily Beast, the White House stood behind Comey’s indictment. “And the problem here with that publicity...”“You need to find the place that has not heard of Donald Trump,” said Daily Beast Executive Editor Hugh Dougherty. So it works to both sides.”Wu explained that the abundant public comments from Trump are going to work for Comey’s defense team.