The special counsel’s office sought to keep secret the memos written by former FBI director James Comey in an attempt to stop those under investigation — such as Donald Trump — from tailoring their stories to line up with Mr Comey’s accounts, according to a court transcript made public on Tuesday.Lawyers
The special counsel’s office sought to keep secret the memos written by former FBI director James Comey in an attempt to stop those under investigation — such as Donald Trump — from tailoring their stories to line up with Mr Comey’s accounts, according to a court transcript made public on Tuesday.
The transcript provides a window into the status of the special counsel’s investigation eight months after Mr Mueller began examining whether Mr Trump obstructed justice, among other issues. At the hearing, one of Mr Mueller’s top lawyers, Michael Dreeben, tried to illustrate the severity of the investigation, the questions over the president’s conduct and the potential benefits for witnesses who had read Mr Comey’s memos.
“That investigation entailed matters that were covered in the Comey memoranda, which explored and recorded Mr Comey’s recollections of meetings, including one-on-one meetings with the president of the United States,” Mr Dreeben said, referring to the initial FBI inquiry. “In those meetings, events occurred that led the FBI to conclude that an investigation was appropriate under its authority to consider matters such as obstruction of justice.
Mr Dreeben said that although many parts of the memos had been previously revealed, it was still important to keep them away from those whose conduct was being scrutinised. Things like Mr Comey’s memos “are typically held in confidence through the course of the investigation and any ensuing proceedings to ensure that all witnesses provide truthful evidence based on their own recollections and not on any inadvertent or advertent tailoring or influence from other witness statements.”
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