No, the “not technically illegal” defense is employed when some yahoo claims a law was broken when it wasn’t. That says nothing about whether or not it is something that should be accepted or condoned.
Being fair to Comey means not prosecuting him even though he did absolutely horrible things that experts believe should be held accountable for. Barr is being VERY fair to Comey. I think that Donald just tipped his hand on what he considers “fair” to mean. It’s a shame the media can’t be fair to Trump.
The President then returned to the topic of Mike Flynn, saying, “He is a good guy and has been through a lot.” He repeated that Flynn hadn’t done anything wrong on his calls with the Russians, but had misled the Vice President. He then said, “I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go.” I replied only that “he is a good guy.”
I would bet big money that fat donald asked Bill Barr the same thing.
A few moments later, the President said, “I need loyalty, I expect loyalty.” I didn’t move, speak, or change my facial expression in any way during the awkward silence that followed. We simply looked at each other in silence. The conversation then moved on, but he returned to the subject near the end of our dinner.