The President stated, “I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go.”1521 Comey agreed that Flynn “is a good guy,” but did not commit to ending the investigation of Flynn.1522 Comey testified under oath that he took the President’s statement “as a direction” because of the President’s position and the circumstances of the one-on-one meeting.1523
