Comey Memo Says Trump Asked Him to End Flynn Investigation[W:978]

WASHINGTON — President Trump asked the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, to shut down the federal investigation into Mr. Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, in an Oval Office meeting in February, according to a memo Mr. Comey wrote shortly after the meeting.

“I hope you can let this go,” the president told Mr. Comey, according to the memo.

The existence of Mr. Trump’s request is the clearest evidence that the president has tried to directly influence the Justice Department and F.B.I. investigation into links between Mr. Trump’s associates and Russia.

Mr. Comey wrote the memo detailing his conversation with the president immediately after the meeting, which took place the day after Mr. Flynn resigned, according to two people who read the memo. The memo was part of a paper trail Mr. Comey created documenting what he perceived as the president’s improper efforts to influence a continuing investigation. An F.B.I. agent’s contemporaneous notes are widely held up in court as credible evidence of conversations.

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Redress said:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/us/politics/james-comey-trump-flynn-russia-investigation.html



Well, this could be bad. The meeting however was one on one, so it is going to be he said, she said kinda thing. Well, politics is never boring this year...

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Redress said:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/us/politics/james-comey-trump-flynn-russia-investigation.html

Well, this could be bad. The meeting however was one on one, so it is going to be he said, she said kinda thing. Well, politics is never boring this year...

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Redress said:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/us/politics/james-comey-trump-flynn-russia-investigation.html



Well, this could be bad. The meeting however was one on one, so it is going to be he said, she said kinda thing. Well, politics is never boring this year...

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The memo was part of a paper trail Mr. Comey created documenting what he perceived as the president’s improper efforts to influence a continuing investigation.

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An F.B.I. agent’s contemporaneous notes are widely held up in court as credible evidence of conversations.

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justabubba said:

actually this is an internal FBI memo written by someone other than Comey
appears tRump asked Comey to 'let flynn go'

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Redress said:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/us/politics/james-comey-trump-flynn-russia-investigation.html

Well, this could be bad. The meeting however was one on one, so it is going to be he said, she said kinda thing. Well, politics is never boring this year...

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Redress said:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/us/politics/james-comey-trump-flynn-russia-investigation.html



Well, this could be bad. The meeting however was one on one, so it is going to be he said, she said kinda thing. Well, politics is never boring this year...

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MaggieD said:

Where's the memo? Why is someone reading it over the phone to the media and not simply presenting it so it can be taken in context? It's so odd that sources are anonymous all the time and there's nothing of substance to verify the many accusations we've read.

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MaggieD said:

Where's the memo? Why is someone reading it over the phone to the media and not simply presenting it so it can be taken in context? It's so odd that sources are anonymous all the time and there's nothing of substance to verify the many accusations we've read.

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Tanngrisnir said:

The collective weight of all the circumstantial evidence is now approaching that of one of Jupiter's moons..

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Winston said:

Smart move Comey.

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reinoe said:

So then where's the audio recording? You guessed it...fake news.

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reinoe said:

OMG, the memo isn't even classified so there's no reason it shouldn't be printed and yet, it's not. I wonder if there are any actual journalists left in this country.

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MaggieD said:

Where's the memo? Why is someone reading it over the phone to the media and not simply presenting it so it can be taken in context? It's so odd that sources are anonymous all the time and there's nothing of substance to verify the many accusations we've read.

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reinoe said:

OMG, the memo isn't even classified so there's no reason it shouldn't be printed and yet, it's not. I wonder if there are any actual journalists left in this country.

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Cigar said:

Wait, you mean to didn't personally get a copy from Comey?

I'm scocked :shock:

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Redress said:

Except that anonymous sources have helped break many major stories. It is normal for Washington.

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Slyfox696 said:

Apparently, this is a memo written by Comey, being brought to news sources by someone other than Comey. Allegedly, the memo was written almost immediately after the meeting with President Trump.

If this is true, then the President could be in real trouble. You ask the director of the FBI to close an investigation into an advisor for your campaign about actions during the campaign and then after the director refused to close the investigation, you fire him.

If this is true, then the President could be in very hot water.

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reinoe said:

OMG, the memo isn't even classified so there's no reason it shouldn't be printed and yet, it's not. I wonder if there are any actual journalists left in this country.

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Fiddytree said:

Anonymous sources are the life blood of high politics.

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MaggieD said:

I'm sure you're scocked. At the very least.

Where's the memo? What's the context? Who's the source? Is it signed? WTF.

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