Even if former FBI director James Comey was telling the truth about his meetings with Donald Trump, his memos do him no favors. At congressional request, the Department of Justice released his seven memos documenting his meetings with the president.

Joe DiGenova, former U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, calls them a “15-page suicide note.” Comey talks extensively about his own thoughts and feelings. He doesn’t think highly of Trump. “These are the notes of a child, an adolescent,” DiGenova says. They show a “troubled mind, a person so consumed by his self-importance that everything fades in comparison.”

We don’t have everything. Parts are blacked out because they include classified information. What we do have is revealing.

The First and Second Memos

His first memo documents his January 6, 2017 meeting with Trump. He sent it to Andrew McCabe, then-deputy director of the FBI, and two others the next day. He labeled it “secret.” Comey said he told Trump that the Russians allegedly had videotapes showing him with prostitutes in 2013, taken at a Moscow hotel. Comey says Trump responded, “There were no prostitutes, there were never prostitutes.” He said he wasn’t the type of guy who needed to “go there.” “He then started talking about all the women who had falsely accused him of grabbing or touching them.”

DiGenova believes Comey went to talk to Trump about the prostitutes in order to give CNN a news hook to cover it. Comey said in the memo, “I said media like CNN had them and were looking for a news hook.”

A second memo marked “confidential” documents his dinner with Trump three weeks later, on January 27. Trump denied he had mocked a handicapped reporter. He denied assaulting women.

Trump questioned whether Comey really wanted to keep his job. Comey told Trump, “I don’t leak.” He denied doing “sneaky things” or “weasel moves.” He said he was “reliable,” but “could not be counted on in that traditional sense.” When Trump said he needs and expects loyalty, Comey said he didn’t respond.

Trump brought up the prostitutes, Comey wrote. The president called the story “fake news.” He said “it bothered him if his wife thought there was even a one percent chance it was true in any respect.” He said people who were on the Miss Universe trip with him reminded him that he did not stay overnight at the hotel. Trump suggested Comey might “investigate the whole thing to prove it was a lie.” Comey dismissed the idea, saying “it would be difficult to disprove a lie.” He also said he didn’t want to create a narrative that the FBI was investigating the president.

Trump again asked him for loyalty, Comey said, but he could only agree to “honest loyalty.” Trump said that next time, Comey should bring his family to dinner. Comey said he did not respond.

The Third and Fourth Memos

A third memo marked “secret” reveals that on February 8, Comey talked to then-Chief of Staff Reince Priebus followed by Trump. Priebus asked Comey if it was a “private conversation.” Comey said it was — despite the fact he was documenting it; keeping a copy at home and giving a copy to the FBI. When he was ushered in to talk to Trump, he admitted he criticized the president. He told him he approved of a statement Trump had made on The O’Reilly Factor about Russian President Vladimir Putin, “except the part about killers, because we aren’t the kind of killers that Putin is.”

Comey marked a fourth memo dated February 14 “unclassified.” It covers a homeland threat briefing Trump held in the Oval Office with others. After the meeting, Trump indicated he wanted to meet with Comey alone. He then told Comey that he did not think former National Security Advisor Mike Flynn did anything wrong in his call with the Russians. Trump said he “had to let him go because he misled the Vice President.” Trump pressed Comey about leaks and Comey assured him that he took leaks very seriously. He was “a fan of pursuing leaks aggressively.”

Comey described leaks from the FBI as “terrible and a serious violation of the law.” (A year later, he would admit he leaked classified information to a friend to leak to the press.) He “was eager to find the leakers and would like to nail one to the door to send a message.” Trump said he wanted to go after reporters. Comey said no, saying it was “tricky” and “the FBI tends to approach it conservatively.” Trump then allegedly told Comey that he hoped he can stop investigating Flynn. Comey only said he agreed Flynn was a “good guy.”

The Sixth and Seventh Memos

The fifth memo contains nothing relevant here. Comey’s sixth memo, marked unclassified, documents a phone call with Trump on March 30. He says Trump brought up his concern about the prostitute accusations again. “Can you imagine me, hookers? I have a beautiful wife, and it has been very painful.” Comey told him the FBI has to do their work before the cloud can be cleared. He reminded him that they weren’t investigating him. Trump said he hoped Comey could get that out publicly.

Comey’s seventh memo, marked classified, documents a phone call with Trump on April 11. Trump allegedly brought up his desire for Comey to state publicly that he wasn’t under investigation. Comey told him to bring that up with the acting Attorney General, Dana Boente. Trump said he would. He then added, “Because I have been very loyal to you, very loyal, we had that thing, you know.” Comey said he did not reply. He assumed Trump was referencing the “honest loyalty” conversation.

Trump asked Comey about Andrew McCabe in multiple conversations. Comey defended him. Trump fired McCabe this year for leaking information to the media and dishonest statements.

Perhaps the memos are most revealing for what they don’t include: evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. They’re far more favorable to Trump than they are to Comey. Perhaps that is why Comey just hired “heavy-hitting former prosecutor” Patrick Fitzgerald, who served as a U.S. Attorney, to represent him.

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