In an apparent “bombshell” report, the New York Times published a piece titled “Comey memo says Trump asked him to end Flynn investigation.”
The headline suggests a version of events that hardly resembles the truth. In reality, Trump simply said that he had hoped Comey “can let this go.” It was hardly the demand the title suggests.
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. It 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.
Mr. Comey shared the existence of the memo with senior F.B.I. officials and close associates. The New York Times has not viewed a copy of the memo, which is unclassified, but one of Mr. Comey’s associates read parts of it to a Times reporter.
“I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go,” Mr. Trump told Mr. Comey, according to the memo. “He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go.”
But Republicans have taken the bait. Now, Jason Chafetz has signaled his readiness to subpoena the FBI in order to see the apparent memo in full.
.@GOPoversight is going to get the Comey memo, if it exists. I need to see it sooner rather than later. I have my subpoena pen ready.
— Jason Chaffetz (@jasoninthehouse) May 16, 2017
But there may be a silver lining to this whole mess. If the memo is publically released, it might prove that this whole story was nothing but an overblown smear against the president.
Watch CNN’s report on the New York Times article — in which they fully latch onto the idea that Trump demanded a halt of investigation — below:
Source: New York Times
SHOW…ME…THE…MEMO! If you can’t produce then you owe a lot of apologies to a lot of people! F**E NEWS SHOULD BE A CRIMINAL ACT!
More lies from the liberal left loonies.
Johnny Williams You literally are so stupid that you don’t know your own money is getting hurt by a thinned skinned Twitter loving POTUS who can’s stay focus on the important things of his campaign; which i liked.
New York Times ??? Pinnoccio !!!!
F**E
B******t
More b******t!
Who cares, if Obama was able to finish his 2 terms, then I think all future Presidents will be safe from impeachment. How could we possibly do worse?