WH is all FAKE NEWS
The White House is denying a New York Times report that President Donald Trump asked former FBI Director James Comey who he fired last week to shut down the investigation into the administration's former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
The Times cites a memo that Comey wrote after his meeting with the president a day after Flynn resigned following revelations that, contrary to his initial statements, he had discussed Russian sanctions with the country's Ambassador Sergey Kislyak on a phone call in December of 2016.
But a White House official denied the report. While the president has repeatedly expressed his view that General Flynn is a decent man who served and protected our country, the president has never asked Mr. Comey or anyone else to end any investigation, including any investigation involving General Flynn. The president has the utmost respect for our law enforcement agencies, and all investigations. This is not a truthful or accurate portrayal of the conversation between the president and Mr. Comey, the official told TIME.