the day after the flynn conversation, reince priebus asked mr. comey to help push back on reports in the news media that trump s associates have been in contact with russian intelligence officials during the campaign. mr. comey described his encounters between the president and the white house including the phone call from mr. trump in detailed memos at the time. not just pressure from the president to the fbi director on the flynn case, but pressure from the president to the fbi director about investigations into the president himself, and then the white house chief of staff, reince priebus, following up one of those apparently inappropriate conversations between the president and the director of the fbi overseeing those investigations.