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WASHINGTON — Members of Congress from both parties escalated calls on Tuesday for former F.B.I. director James B. Comey to appear before them after reports that President Trump had asked him to drop an investigation into Michael T. Flynn, the former national security adviser. Democrats were aggressive in seeking new hearings and an independent investigation. Republicans, on the whole, reserved judgment until they learned more or heard from Mr.

WASHINGTON — Tuesday’s report by The New York Times that President Trump asked James B. Comey, then the F.B.I. director, in February to drop the investigation into his former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, has fueled accusations that the White House is obstructing justice. Senator Christopher S. Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, wrote on Twitter: “Just leaving Senate floor.

WASHINGTON — President Trump asked the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, to shut down the federal investigation into Mr. Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, in an Oval Office meeting in February, according to a memo Mr. Comey wrote shortly after the meeting. “I hope you can let this go,” the president told Mr. Comey, according to the memo. The documentation of Mr.

WASHINGTON — President Trump asked the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, to shut down the federal investigation into Mr. Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, in an Oval Office meeting in February, according to a memo Mr. Comey wrote shortly after the meeting. “I hope you can let this go,” the president told Mr. Comey, according to the memo. The documentation of Mr.

Following his firing of James Comey, on Friday morning President Trump warned the now former FBI director on Twitter that he “better hope that were are no ‘tapes’ of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press.” When asked if Trump had recorded his conversations with the former FBI director, the president’s top spokesperson declined to comment. "The president has nothing further to add on that," Press Secretary Sean Spicer said

The Washington Post reported Monday that Trump disclosed classified information in a meeting with Russian officials last week. McMaster initially called the story "false" but today applied that term to the premise of the story. "What was shared was wholly appropriate, given the purpose of that conversation and the purpose of what the president was trying to achieve through that meeting," McMaster said. When pressed by ABC News' Jonathan Karl, McMaster would not say if Trump disclosed classified information.

President Trump is set to give a major speech about radical ideology to leaders of more than 50 Muslim countries when he makes his first official visit to Saudi Arabia at the end of this week, his national security adviser, H.R.

As the White House faces another week of turmoil, sources tell ABC News President Donald Trump is laying a large chunk of the blame squarely on his communications team. Before Monday's bombshell report about the president divulging classified information to Russian representatives, Trump began his day by summoning his communications team to the Oval Office. Press secretary Sean Spicer, principal deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and communi

James Comey, the recently fired FBI director, was asked by President Donald Trump to end an investigation into the actions of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, according to a memo Comey wrote about his conversation with the president, a source close to the former director confirmed to ABC News. The New York Times was the first to report the discussion and subsequent memo Tuesday. In the memo, which Comey shared with top FBI associates, the former director wrote that Trump said, "I hope you can let t

Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories President Trump asked former FBI director James Comey in February to stop investigating former national security adviser Michael Flynn, according to media reports Tuesday that cited Comey’s notes about the conversation. The news fanned allegations that the president improperly tried to stop the probe into his campaign’s ties to Russia.