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Trump privately asks Comey to let the Flynn investigation go

Date
2017-02-14
Entry type
presidential-investigation-intervention
Current status
Mueller analyzed the incident as potential obstruction evidence; no court adjudicated Trump on it

Comey's contemporaneous memorandum recorded the request after Trump cleared the Oval Office; Trump and the White House disputed Comey's account.

Entities and roles

Relationships in this file

  1. Donald J. Trumpnational security adviser and clemency recipientMichael Flynn

Claims and evidence

  1. factreported

    Comey recorded that Trump asked him one-on-one to 'let this go' regarding Flynn, after other officials left the Oval Office. Comey understood it as a direction about the Flynn investigation but did not close the case. Trump denied making the request and the White House called Comey's account untrue. Mueller treated the incident as evidence relevant to intent, not an adjudicated offense.