Probe centres on Trump, Comey memos

WASHINGTON: US House and Senate investigators have requested former FBI Director James Comey’s memos of his private discussions with President Donald Trump and any records the White House kept of their discussion including audio recordings.

The leaders of the House Russia investigation, Representatives Michael Conaway, a Texas Republican, and Adam Schiff, a California Democrat, sent the request on Friday directly to Comey for copies of his memos, reports CNN.

They also sent a separate request to Trump’s White House counsel, Don McGahn, for any record the administration had of their meetings.

The investigators requested Comey and the White House to provide the records by 23 June. The Senate judiciary committee, meanwhile, sent a request to Columbia University law professor Daniel Richman for Comey’s memos. Richman had confirmed on Thursday that he was the friend Comey testified who had discussed the memos with the media. The leaders of the Senate judiciary’s probe sent Richman the request on Thursday and asked he provide it by Friday.