Article snippet: 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). It has been read to the Financial Times and to NBC. The Washington Post hasn’t seen it or had it read to them but they’ve heard about it from people which seems to be the journalistic standard. I’ve worked around a lot of really good lawyers and really good lawyers tend to be compulsive note takers. I have no doubt at all that Comey has a memo documenting what he thinks transpired at that luncheon. I say “he thinks” because in best Rashomon tradition, there is always more than one perception of any two person interaction. The question is what does the memo contain? Are the sources quoted accurate or are they playing their own game? I tend to think they are accurate to one degree or another because of this: If this is accurate, it indicates that Trump had private matters to discuss with Comey and he didn’t want anyone else there. Were one to look at this long enough one might see a link between Comey’s request to testify in public and the leak of this memo so that the memo will be addressed publicly. Lindsey Graham will give him his chance: This is a very good thing because there has been too damned much secrecy surrounding this investigation. We ... Link to the full article to read more