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Byron York: Why are the Comey memos secret?

By Byron York

Published February 15, 2018 2:56am ET

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Byron York: Why are the Comey memos secret? — Members of Congress investigating the Trump-Russia affair, both House and Senate, Democrat and Republican, are clamoring to get their hands on the memos former FBI Director James Comey penned about his interactions with President Trump. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg) | (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

If there is an obstruction of justice case to be made against the president in the Trump-Russia affair, James Comey is in the middle of it. President Trump’s decision to fire the FBI director is often cited as Exhibit A for obstruction, and the foundation for that case is a set of seven memos Comey wrote describing conversations he had with the president between Jan. 6 and April 11, 2017.

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