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President Donald Trump asked the FBI to drop its investigation into his former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, and urged the FBI director James Comey instead to pursue reporters in leak investigations, according to private notes taken by Comey, according to people familiar with the matter.
According to a set of notes written by Comey following a February meeting with the president, Trump brought up the counterintelligence investigation into Flynn and urged Comey to drop the probe in the wake of the national security adviser's resignation.
"I hope you can let this go,'' Trump said, according to the Comey notes, which were described by associates. Comey's written account of the meeting is two pages long and highly detailed, the associates said. The details of Comey's notes of the meeting were first reported by The New York Times.
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Comey's description of the event make clear his understanding of the conversation was that the president was seeking to impede the investigation, according to people who have read the account or had it read to them, these people said. Comey felt the conversation was improper and decided to keep the details of the conversations away from the case agents working on the Russia probe.
http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2017/05/report_trump_asked_comey_to_sh.html#incart_std
According to a set of notes written by Comey following a February meeting with the president, Trump brought up the counterintelligence investigation into Flynn and urged Comey to drop the probe in the wake of the national security adviser's resignation.
"I hope you can let this go,'' Trump said, according to the Comey notes, which were described by associates. Comey's written account of the meeting is two pages long and highly detailed, the associates said. The details of Comey's notes of the meeting were first reported by The New York Times.
...
Comey's description of the event make clear his understanding of the conversation was that the president was seeking to impede the investigation, according to people who have read the account or had it read to them, these people said. Comey felt the conversation was improper and decided to keep the details of the conversations away from the case agents working on the Russia probe.
http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2017/05/report_trump_asked_comey_to_sh.html#incart_std
