President of the united states Donald Trump asked FBI director James Comey to close the investigation into the former national security advisor Michael Flynn.
It reports the New York Times and refers to a private listing that James Comey written after the meeting.
Donald Trump should have made the message at a meeting in the oval office in February; ”I hope you can let go of this” should the president have said, according to James Comeys listing.
James Comey wrote down his notes about the conversation with the president immediately after the meeting, which took place the day after Michael Flynn had to leave the post as national security adviser, according to two people who read the notes.
The quotations should have been a part of James Comeys documentation of what he perceived as the president’s inappropriate efforts to influence an ongoing investigation.
According to the magazine used FBI agents ‘ contemporaneous notes, often in courts of law as credible evidence of the conversations.
The New York Times writes that the document, with Donald Trump’s demands, it is so far the clearest evidence that the president has tried to directly influence the department of justice’s and the FBI’s investigation of possible links between his team and the Russia.
The white House has denied that the conversation should have been such as it is described in James Comeys notes.
”The president has the utmost respect for our law enforcement agencies, and all of the investigations. This is not a truthful description of the conversation between the president and mr. Comey”, said a statement from the White House.
The secret information such as president, Donald Trump revealed at a meeting with Russian leaders last week had been provided by Israel.
It reports the New York Times and refers to current and former officials with knowledge about how the united states gained access to the information.
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