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President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with four candidates for the position of FBI director on Wednesday evening. Those set to meet with the president are: acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe; former Oklahoma Gov.

Amid searing reports that President Donald Trump asked then-FBI director James Comey to drop the agency’s investigation into his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, questions are being raised about whether the president obstructed justice. A source close to Comey confirmed to ABC News that the former FBI director, who was fired last week, was asked by Trump in February to end the FBI probe i

They might be remembered as the most consequential 72 hours of the never-dull Trump presidency. And by revealing and confirming truths as well as fears about President Trump, they set the stage for a full-on battle for presidential survival that could define the coming months — if not longer. On Monday of last week, former acting Attorney General national security adviser at the time, Michael Flynn, could have been compromised by the Russians.

The United States Department of Justice has announced that a special counsel has been appointed to investigate Russian interference into last year's presidential election and links or coordination with the campaign of President Donald Trump. Former ABC News' Jack Date contributed to this report.

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Posted at 9:59 pm on May 16, 2017 by streiff This is just an end-of-evening update on the alleged memo written by James Comey that claims Donald Trump asked him if he could let up on the investigation of Mike Flynn. Key point: No one has seen the memo. It has been read to a reporter at the New York Times (see here).