The following article by Michael S. Schmidt was posted on the New York Times website May 18, 2017:
WASHINGTON — President Trump called the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, weeks after he took office and asked him when federal authorities were going to put out word that Mr. Trump was not personally under investigation, according to two people briefed on the call.
Mr. Comey told the president that if he wanted to know details about the bureau’s investigations, he should not contact him directly but instead follow the proper procedures and have the White House counsel send any inquiries to the Justice Department, according to those people. Continue reading “Comey, Unsettled by Trump, Is Said to Have Wanted Him Kept at a Distance”