* The reference is to Thomas à Becket, the archbishop of Canterbury who refused to bow to the king’s will and was murdered by four of the king’s knights in Canterbury Cathedral after Henry II expressed a wish to be rid of him. The line “Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?” is used in the 1964 film Becket. While Henry’s exact words aren’t known, the phrase conveys the sense that a ruler’s wish is a command, and thus was an apt analogy for Comey.