I wouldn't be drawing firm conclusions yet and certainly not claiming exoneration.  Many pieces of this puzzle remain unconnected.  A most important point is that the puzzle exists, it is growing, and Donald J. Trump sustains it by eroding his own credibility.  Remember, he accused the former president of "bugging" his offices and he fired Comey initially under those false pretenses of providing justice to Hillary Clinton created by Sessions and his deputy.

Will President Trump either produce them or admit there are no recordings of your conversations with Comey and the others?  Why exactly did he send the Attorney General Comey's direct supervisor) out of the room before speaking with Comey?  Would he consider granting Flynn a pardon before he faces a possible trial?  Would he ever fire Special Prosecutor Mueller and under what pretenses?  Does he see see the conflict with accepting Comey's testimony but only when it supports him  while characterizing the rest of it as "lies"?