Following a one-on-one meeting where President Trump asked former FBI Director James Comey to drop the investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, Comey told Attorney General Jeff Sessions he never wanted to be left alone with Trump again, current and former law enforcement officials told The New York Times.
In February, Comey pulled Sessions aside and told him that he felt several of his private interactions with Trump had been inappropriate, and he wanted Sessions to protect the FBI from White House influence, officials told the Times. Sessions told Comey, who did not reveal what he spoke with Trump about, that he couldn't promise him Trump wouldn't attempt to talk with him privately again. Comey wasn't sure if there was anyone he could trust at the Justice Department, officials said, and he told only his closest advisers about Trump's request.
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