Comey memo

Trump faces ‘deepest crisis’

Donald Trump is facing the deepest crisis of his presidency after a memo written by then-FBI Director James Comey surfaced Tuesday, alleging that the president asked him to drop an investigation of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, according to www.bloomberg.com.
The White House was already on the defensive over the president’s firing of Comey a week ago and over a report Monday that Trump disclosed sensitive intelligence to Russian officials. Then another political bombshell exploded Tuesday night.
After a conversation Comey had with Trump in February, a day after Flynn was ousted for what the White House said were misleading accounts of his conversations with Russia’s U.S. ambassador, the FBI director wrote a memo documenting the Oval Office meeting. In it, Comey said the president asked him to abandon the Flynn investigation, according to a person who was given a copy of the memo and spoke on condition of anonymity.
“I hope you can let this go,” Trump told the FBI director, according to the memo as cited by the New York Times, which first reported its existence.
The revelation raised questions about whether the president sought to influence the FBI at the same time the agency is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible collusion with Moscow by Trump associates. The memo’s emergence, after Trump fired Comey, had congressional Democrats raising the specter that the president engaged in obstruction of justice, an impeachable offense.
No one from the administration would respond to the memo on the record. Instead, the White House press office released an emailed statement denying Comey’s version of events. 
Trump “has never asked Mr. Comey or anyone else to end any investigation, including any investigation involving General Flynn,” according to the statement. The description in the purported memo “is not a truthful or accurate portrayal of the conversation between the President and Mr. Comey,” it said.

Comey memo

Trump faces deepest crisis

Donald Trump is facing the deepest crisis of his presidency after a memo written by then-FBI Director James Comey surfaced Tuesday, alleging that the president asked him to drop an investigation of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, according to www.bloomberg.com. The White House was already on the defensive over the presidents firing of Comey a week ago and over a report Monday that Trump disclosed sensitive intelligence toRussian officials. Then another political bombshell exploded Tuesday night. After a conversation Comey had with Trump in February, a day after Flynn was ousted for what the White House said were misleading accounts of his conversations with Russias U.S. ambassador, the FBI director wrote a memo documenting the Oval Office meeting. In it, Comey said the president asked him to abandon the Flynn investigation, according to a person who was given a copy of the memo and spoke on condition of anonymity. I hope you can let this go, Trump told the FBI director, according to the memo as cited by the New York Times, which first reported its existence. The revelation raised questions about whether thepresident sought to influence the FBI at the same time the agency is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible collusion with Moscow by Trump associates. The memos emergence, after Trump fired Comey, had congressional Democrats raising the specter that the president engaged in obstruction of justice, an impeachable offense. No one from the administration would respond to the memo on the record. Instead, the White House press office released an emailed statement denying Comeys version of events. Trump has never asked Mr. Comey or anyone else to end any investigation, including any investigation involving General Flynn, according to the statement. The description in the purported memo is not a truthful or accurate portrayal of the conversation between the President and Mr. Comey, it said.