US President Donald Trump asked then-FBI Director James Comey to end the agency’s investigation into ties between former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn and Russia, according to a source who has seen a memo written by Comey. The Comey memo, first reported by the New York Times, caused alarm on Capitol Hill and raised questions about whether Trump tried to interfere with a federal investigation. “I hope you can let this go,” Trump told Comey, according to a source familiar with the contents of the memo. Republican US Representative Jason Chaffetz, chairman of a House of Representatives oversight committee, said his committee “is going to get the Comey memo, if it exists. Kislyak was with Lavrov at the White House when Trump disclosed the sensitive information.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 17, 2017 02:37 UTC