Judge rules James Comey memos documenting Trump conversations won’t be released

Published February 2, 2018 9:22pm ET



Memos former FBI Director James Comey wrote to memorialize his conversations with President Trump will not be released to the public, a federal judge ruled Friday.

CNN, as well as other news outlets and nonprofits, filed Freedom of Information Act requests with the Justice Department for copies of the memos. But U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg, who sits on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, denied the media’s request for the documents and said instead they would remain in special counsel Robert Mueller’s possession.

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