{"id":320004,"date":"2017-05-17T13:22:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T13:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=320004"},"modified":"2017-05-17T13:22:59","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T13:22:59","slug":"trump-comey-row-us-congress-demands-ex-fbi-chiefs-memos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/trump-comey-row-us-congress-demands-ex-fbi-chiefs-memos\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-Comey row: US Congress demands ex-FBI chief’s memos"},"content":{"rendered":"
A senior Republican congressman has called on the FBI to hand over records of former director James Comey’s contacts with President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n
House Oversight Committee chair Jason Chaffetz demanded that all correspondence be presented by 24 May.<\/p>\n
US media have quoted a memo by Mr Comey that reportedly says Mr Trump asked him to drop an inquiry into links between his ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn and Russia.<\/p>\n
The White House denied the allegation.<\/p>\n
“The president has never asked Mr Comey or anyone else to end any investigation, including any investigation involving General Flynn,” it said.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump fired Mr Comey last week in a move that stunned Washington.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to release to Congress records of a White House meeting between Mr Trump, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak.<\/p>\n
Mr Putin said Mr Trump had passed on no secrets at the meeting.<\/p>\n
Critics have questioned the timing of the meeting, which came a day after Mr Comey was sacked, and on Tuesday US media quoted officials as saying Mr Trump had passed on classified information there.<\/p>\n
During a White House meeting with Mr Comey in February, the alleged memo quotes Mr Trump as referring to Mr Flynn and saying: “I hope you can let this go.”<\/p>\n