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Mike Flynn wants to plead the FIF!
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Uploaded by BrentD15 May 25, 2017 at 08:12AM EDT
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![* Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, whose agency is investigating whether the president's 2016 campaign might have had contacts with Russian entities. After the White House initially said Comey's ouster was due to his handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, Trump told NBC's Lester Holt: "When I decided to [fire Comey], I said to myself, I said you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made up story." * * The New York Times reported that, on Feb. 14, Comey had dinner with Trump, where the president told the FBI director: "I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting [Michael] Flynn go," Trump said, per a memo Comey wrote about the meeting. "He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go. *The New York Times also reported that Trump, meeting on May 10 with Russian officials in the Oval Office, gave this account for his firing of Comey, according to a document summarizing the meeting. "Ijust fired the head of the F.B.I. He was crazy, a real nut job," Trump said. "I faced great pressure because of Russia. That's taken And then this week, the Washington Post reported - later confirmed by NBC News - that Trump asked two top intelligence officials in March to say publicly that they saw no evidence the Trump campaign had colluded with the Russian effort to interfere in the 2016 election](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/258/621/900.jpg "Timeline of Trump interfering with investigations")
