House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., said it appears that content from former FBI Director James Comey’s memos about his conversations with President Trump is included in Comey’s upcoming book, “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership.”
“Now at least the excerpts of the book are out, and it appears like there is much in the book that comes from the memos,” Nunes told Fox News host Martha McCallum on Friday.
.@DevinNunes on @Comey’s book: “Now at least the excerpts of the book are out, and it appears like there is much in the book that comes from the memos.” #TheStory pic.twitter.com/KiDLpJ0bS3
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Nunes, along with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., sent a letter to the Justice Department on Friday seeking Comey’s memos and argued there is “no legal basis for withholding these materials from Congress.”
“Copies of any unclassified memos should be produced to all three Committees in unredacted form. Copies of any memos containing classified information should be produced to all three Committees in both (1) unredacted form, in an appropriately secure setting; and (2) declassified form, with appropriate redactions,” the lawmakers wrote.
Nunes told McCallum that the House Intelligence Committee had some access to the memos already in limited form, but that the memos should be provided to the key congressional committees and also to the public.
“I think they will get them to us,” Nunes said.
The Justice Department has until Monday, April 16, to provide the documents, according to the letter.
Comey, who was fired by Trump in May 2017, testified before a congressional committee that he wrote memos detailing various conversations he had with Trump.
In one memo, Comey detailed how the president pressured him to end the FBI’s investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn. In another, Comey recalled how Trump demanded loyalty from him.
In February, a federal judge ruled that the memos must remain secret because they could negatively impact special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe.
Comey’s book is set to be published on April 17 and details several of his interactions with Trump.
