In Comey memos, Trump frets over Russia dossier, Flynn
PRESIDENT CLAIMS VICTORY Says documents show no obstruction of justice WASHINGTON:
President Donald Trump spoke in intimate and candid terms to former FBI Director James Comey about some of the most sensitive matters before the agency, including the salacious dossier detailing Trump’s ties to Russia and the investigation into Michael Flynn, the president’s first national security adviser, according to Comey’s closely guarded memos.
The redacted and declassified memos — running 15 pages and sent to Congress from the justice department on Thursday night — detail a series of phone calls and encounters between the two men in the months leading up to Comey’s firing.
Trump seized on the memos in a Twitter message late Thursday to repeat what has become a constant refrain, that there was “NO COLLUSION and NO OBSTRUCTION.”
“Will the Witch Hunt con- tinue?” he added.
In one previously undisclosed exchange, Trump told Comey that he had reservations about Flynn: “The guy has serious judgment issues.”
The president shared an anecdote that shortly after the inauguration, a prominent foreign leader had called to congratulate him. Flynn told the president that he had scheduled a return call for the next Saturday — far too late in Trump’s estimation.
The Times reported at the time that Trump was irritated at Flynn for delaying such a call with President Vladimir Putin of Russia.
Flynn was eventually fired for misleading Vice President Mike Pence and others.