Donald Trump asked the director of the FBI to shut down the federal investigation into the Trump team’s contact with Russia, according to a bombshell report from the New York Times. Specifically, the president wanted James Comey to stop the FBI from looking into Michael Flynn, the former national security advisor who was forced to resign after it emerged he had illegally discussed US sanctions with the Russian ambassador, and then lied to the administration about it. A memo revealed by an associate of Comey to a New York Times reporter details how Trump met with the FBI director the day after Flynn resigned, and pressured him into dropping the investigation. The memo recalls Trump telling Comey:
Trump tried to block an FBI investigation…
Donald Trump asked the director of the FBI to shut down the federal investigation into the Trump team’s contact with Russia, according to a bombshell report from the New York Times. Specifically, the president wanted James Comey to stop the FBI from looking into Michael Flynn, the former national security advisor who was forced to resign after it emerged he had illegally discussed US sanctions with the Russian ambassador, and then lied to the administration about it. A memo revealed by an associate of Comey to a New York Times reporter details how Trump met with the FBI director the day after Flynn resigned, and pressured him into dropping the investigation. The memo recalls Trump telling Comey: