In addition to asking McGahn to contact the Justice Department about convincing Comey to exonerate him, Trump also personally appealed to Comey to do the same, and to let go of the bureau's investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn, on multiple occasions in early 2017. (businessinsider.com)
He said he took Trump's comments that the president «hoped» for the ousted FBI director to «let go» of the investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn «as a direction.» (businessinsider.com)
Until disclosures last month that Comey had maintained a file of memos detailing his communications with Trump, including a February meeting in which the president allegedly pressed the then - director to shut down the bureau's investigation of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, the former director had been at the center of firestorm for his pre-election handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation. (usatoday.com)