Donald Trump asked me to let Mike Flynn investigation go: James Comey

Fired FBI Director James Comey today said that President Donald Trump asked him for a pledge of loyalty and told him to drop an inquiry into former National Security Adviser Mike Flynn.

"The President began by saying Flynn hadn't done anything wrong in speaking with the Russians, but he had to let him go because he had misled the Vice President. He added that he had other



concerns about Flynn, which he did not then specify," Comey said in remarks posted on the website of the Senate intelligence committee.

Comey,56, is scheduled to give his testimony before the committee Thursday. His testimony was publicly released intentionally today by the Senate intelligence committee at Comey's request, a Senate intelligence committee source said.