- Title: Trump says he did not ask FBI director to end Flynn investigation
- Date: 18th May 2017
- Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (MAY 18, 2017) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING: "The FBI has not had that special reputation with what happened in the campaign, what happened with respect to the Clinton campaign. And even you could say, directly or indirectly, with respect to the much more successful Trump campaign, we're going to have a director who's going to be outstanding. I'll be announcing that director very soon."
- Embargoed: 1st June 2017 22:07
- Keywords: Rod Rosenstein Russia memo FBI James Comey Donald Trump
- Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
- City: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0056HDB613
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- Story Text: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday (May 18) he did not ask former FBI director James Comey to back off on the investigation into national security adviser Mike Flynn.
Trump also said he was close to selecting a new Federal Bureau of Investigation director to replace James Comey, who he fired last week. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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