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The House Demands to See the Comey Memos

In a letter to acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz requested all “memoranda, notes, summaries, and recordings” of James Comey’s meetings with Trump
Source: Kevin Lamarque / Reuters

Updated on May 16 at 7:43 p.m. ET

On Tuesday evening, congressional lawmakers were forced to respond to the second immediately controversial story involving the president to surface in roughly 24 hours. The New York Times reported that President Trump asked former FBI Director James Comey to halt a federal investigation into ousted National-Security Adviser Michael Flynn, citing a memo written by Comey as its source.

Utah Republican Jason Chaffetz, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, fired off a letter to acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, demanding that the bureau produce all “memoranda, notes,

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