Lawmakers demand FBI hand over Comey memo
By Reuters
17 May 2017 |
10:22 am
House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz gives the FBI until May 24 to hand over records of conversations between President Donald Trump and ex-FBI chief James Comey.
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