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Sources:

Comey memo says Trump asked him to end Flynn probe

publicans and Democrats reporters. question.” of it, is for him to testify. ...
Continued from front were caught off-guard as Asked if it would be ob- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R- I’m not going to take a
they entered the chamber structing justice for Trump S.C., emphatically said memo, I want the guy to
Comey’s memo detail- for a scheduled vote. to have asked Comey to he’s not commenting on come in,” Graham told re-
ing his conversation with porters, adding, “If he felt
Trump would be the clear- confident enough to write
est proof to date that the it down, he should come in
president has tried to influ- and tell us about it.”
ence that investigation. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-
The Times said it was part of Calif., said Comey needs
a paper trail Comey creat- to come to Capitol Hill and
ed documenting what he testify.
saw as Trump’s efforts to Sen. Mark Warner of Vir-
improperly interfere in the ginia, the top Democrat
ongoing probe. on the Senate Intelligence
The Justice Department Committee, said he will ask
declined to comment. Comey for additional ma-
According to the Times, terial as part of the panel’s
Comey wrote in the Febru- investigation. “Memos,
ary memo that Trump told transcripts, tapes — the list
him Flynn had done noth- keeps getting longer,” he
ing wrong. said.
But Comey did not say Democratic Sen. Chris Mur-
anything to Trump about phy of Connecticut tweet-
limiting the investigation, ed: “Just leaving Senate
replying, “I agree he is a floor.
good guy.” Lots of chatter from Ds and
The newspaper said Com- Rs about the exact defini-
ey was in the Oval Office President Donald Trump listens as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks in the Roosevelt tion of ‘obstruction of jus-
that day with other na- Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Former FBI Director James Comey tice.’”
tional security officials for allegedly wrote in a memo that President Donald Trump had asked him to shut down an FBI in- There is no sign the FBI’s
vestigation into ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn, a person familiar with the situation
a terrorism threat briefing. told The Associated Press Tuesday. Russia investigation is clos-
When that ended, Trump (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ing. Acting FBI Director
asked everyone to leave Andrew McCabe told
except Comey, and he “I don’t know the facts, so drop the Flynn investiga- news stories anymore. Congress last week the
eventually turned the con- I really want to wait until I tion, Cornyn said: “You “Let’s get to the bottom investigation is “highly sig-
versation to Flynn. find out what the facts are know, that’s a very serious of what happened with nificant” and said Comey’s
On Tuesday, for the second before commenting,” Sen. charge. I wouldn’t want the director. And the best dismissal would do nothing
night in a row, Senate Re- John Cornyn, R-Texas, told to answer a hypothetical way to get to the bottom to impede the probe.q

Consternation on Capitol Hill over Trump’s Russia meeting

By ERICA WERNER information in wake of the revela- reported by The New York Times. last week with two Russian diplo-
AP Congressional Correspondent tions. The Kentuckian said “no” Republicans caught off-guard by mats. After the news broke of the
WASHINGTON (AP) — Consterna- again when asked if he was losing the latest revelation insisted they Comey memo, Minority Leader
tion and confusion overtook Capi- confidence in the president. wanted to hear from Comey rath- Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., stood in
tol Hill on Tuesday as Republicans But he acknowledged that “it er than reacting to the reports. the chamber and said, “I say to all
confronted revelations that Presi- would be helpful to have less “Let’s get to the bottom of what of my colleagues in the Senate —
dent Donald Trump had disclosed drama emanating from the White happened with the director. And history is watching.”
highly classified information to House.” Just the opposite hap- the best way to get to the bottom But while a number of prominent
the Russians in the Oval Office a pened a few hours later. In a of it is for him to testify ... I’m not GOP senators displayed anxiety
day after firing FBI Director James memo, FBI Director James Comey going to take a memo, I want the and displeasure, Republicans did
Comey. wrote that Trump had asked him to guy to come in,” said Sen. Lindsey not appear poised to abandon
Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mc- shut down an FBI investigation into Graham, R-S.C. a president who remains critical
Connell paused and answered ousted national security adviser Democrats badgered Republi- to their goals of acting on health
simply “no” when asked if he had Michael Flynn, according to a per- cans to stand up to the president, care and tax legislation. Several
concerns about the president’s son familiar with the situation. The and demanded access to the came to his defense and sought
ability to properly handle classified White House denied what was first transcripts of Trump’s meeting to close ranks. q