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Trump's FBI Crisis Deepens in Comey Memo Allegation

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The latest revelation that former FBI Director James Comey kept notes of his conversations with Donald Trump has sparked a fury over whether the president tried to shut down an investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. The White House denies there was any attempt to halt the inquiry.

Some Democrats asked whether such actions might amount to obstruction of justice, and it calls to mind the most famous example of presidential meddling.