In. It turns out to be a license to steal. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pegues has more of the breaking news. Reporter President Trump and thenf. B. I. Director james comey met at the white house on february 14th, the day after National Security adviser Michael Flynn was fired. Flynn had lied to the Vice President about his contacts with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Those contacts are now under investigation by the f. B. I. Comey wrote up a memo about the meeting with the president. In it he said that mr. Trump had asked him to drop the flynn investigation. I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, he wrote. He is a good guy. A senior white house official denied that account and said the president never asked mr. Comey or anyone else to end any investigation, including any investigation involving general flynn. Just last week acting f. B. I. Director Andrew Mccabe told congress there has been no interference in the russia investigation. She to imped
It turns out to be a license to steal. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley this is our western edition. The former f. B. I. Director James Comey Fired last week by President Trump wrote a memo claiming that the president tried to shut down the f. B. I. s investigation of former National Security adviser Michael Flynn. This story was first reported this evening by the new york times, but our source has confirmed the contents of the memo. Comey wrote the memo after meeting with the president. He notes that President Trump said that he hoped comey would let go of the flynn investigation. President s usually try not to influence f. B. I. Investigations of their administrations to avoid the appearance of obstruction of justice. Tonight the white house denies that the president tried to shut down the investigation, and our justice correspondent jeff pegues has more of the breaking news. Reporter President Trump and thenf. B. I. Director james comey met at the white house o
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