(20 Apr 2018) US President Donald Trump said Vladimir Putin told him, 'We have some of the most beautiful hookers in the world', according to memos maintained by former FBI Director James Comey and obtained by The Associated Press.
The memos also state that Trump told Comey that he had serious concerns about the judgment of his first national security adviser, Michael Flynn.
The 15 pages of documents contain new details about a series of interactions that Comey had with Trump in the weeks before his May 2017 firing.
Those encounters include a White House dinner at which Comey says Trump asked him for his loyalty, and a meeting the following month in which he says the president asked him to end an investigation into Flynn.
According to one memo, Trump complained about Flynn at a private January 2017 dinner with Comey, saying "the guy has serious judgment issues".
Flynn was fired a month later after White House officials said he had misled about his Russian contacts during the transition period.
In a separate memo, Comey says Trump cleared the Oval Office of other officials, encouraged him to let the investigation into Flynn go and called him a good guy.
The memos were provided to Congress earlier Thursday as House Republicans escalated criticism of the department, threatening to subpoena the documents and questioning officials.
In a letter sent to three Republican House committee chairmen Thursday evening, Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd wrote that the department was sending a classified version of the memos and an unclassified version.
The department released Boyd's letter publicly but did not release the memos.
Justice officials had allowed some lawmakers to view the memos but had never provided copies to Congress.
Boyd wrote that the department had also provided the memos to several Senate committees.
Comey is on a publicity tour to promote his new book, "A Higher Loyalty".
He revealed last year that he had written the memos after conversations with Trump.
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