The memos could bolster the account of Mr. Comey, whose own memos and testimony describe repeated requests by Mr. Trump to clear his name. Mr. Comey was fired last spring, and the revelation of his conversations with Mr. Trump helped lead to the special counsel’s appointment. In one, he asked Mr. McCabe how he had voted in the presidential election. Mr. McCabe has identified as a lifelong Republican but did not vote in the 2016 presidential race. Attorney General Jeff Sessions cited what he said was a lack of candor by Mr. McCabe in interviews with internal investigators.

Source: New York Times March 17, 2018 18:11 UTC