“I hope you can let this go,” the president told Comey, according to the memo. “I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go,” Trump told Comey, according to the memo. Part of the Flynn investigation is centered on his financial ties to Russia and Turkey. After writing up a memo that outlined the meeting, Comey shared it with senior FBI officials. Trump has disparaged the ongoing FBI investigation as a hoax and called for an investigation into his political rivals.

Source: National Post May 16, 2017 22:41 UTC