James Comey Memos

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UNCLASSIFIED/ /FOUO Rybicki, James E. (DO) (FBij From: James B. Comey Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2017 12:06 PM To: Rybicki, James E. (DO) (F Bl) Subject: Call from POTUS Categorie's: D Followup Jusl called to check in and see how I'm doing. I said I'm doing great, have a lot going on. l added that Jeff Sessions has hit the ground running with a great speech on violent crime. He talked about Sessions a bit, then Said he heard I'm doing great. Hopes I take good care of myself and come by to say hello last night's speech. when I'm at WH. That's it. UNCLASSIFIED/ /FOUO

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ONCLASSIFIED//FOUO Clintons and had given him money but I had said he was an honorable guy. I repeated that he (Andy) was an honorable person. He finished by stressing that he was trying to make deals for the country, the cloud was hurting him (and mentioned going to G-7 with it hanging over him), and he hoped I could find a way to get out that he wasn't being investigated. do the work well and I told him I would see what we could do and that we would as quickly as we could. 10:05; I called the Acting Attorney General and relayed the substance of the above and said I was telling him so he could decide what guidance to give me, if any. JBC UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO

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