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White house and john roberts. good evening. good evening to you. white house is disputing report in the new york times tonight that back in february in a private meeting in the oval office, the president asked then fbi director james comey to drop the investigation into lieutenant general michael flynn, former national security advisor. according to a note that was reportedly written by comey about the meeting, president trump allegedly said to the director about the flynn investigation, i hope you can let it go. the white house and a background statement said 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. this is not a truthful or accurate portrayal of the conversation between the president and mr. comey. ....

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