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US under Trump Series: Trump accused by media of urging Comey to end Flynn investigation

Allegations of collusion with Russia continue to consume the Trump administration and the White House and President Trump’s war with the mainstream media is making it worse. Every day, new reports are surfacing in the media alleging President Trump with Russian collusion and unlawful activities with anonymous sources.

According to the latest report, which surfaced in the anti-Trump newspaper New York Times the US President urged the former FBI director James Comey to end the agency’s investigation into the former White House National Security advisor General Michael Flynn. This new allegation comes after a week of turmoil in Washington as President Trump fired director James Comey. The New York Times reported on an anonymous source, who is familiar with the memo written by the then FBI director James Comey that says that President said to the then director with regard to the investigation of Michael Flynn: “I hope you can let this go,”

Democrats quickly rose to the reporting by suggesting that the administration is now in impeachment territory and compared the current allegations with that of the ‘Watergate’ scandal that brought down President Nixon. The White House was also quick to deny the reports: “While the president has repeatedly expressed his view that General Flynn is a decent man who served and protected our country, the president has never asked Mr. Comey or anyone else to end any investigation, including any investigation involving General Flynn……..This is not a truthful or accurate portrayal of the conversation between the president and Mr. Comey.”

The congressional oversight committee chairman Jason Chaffetz said that he is ready with Subpoenas to get that reported memo if it exists and gave the acting director Andrew Mccabe seven days to produce all memoranda, summary notes, and recordings, or any material related to any communication between President Trump and the former FBI director James Comey.

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