“Good Morning America” co-anchor George Stephanopoulos slammed President Trump on Wednesday morning, calling now-former FBI Director James Comey’s notes “the modern equivalent of Nixon’s tapes.”
The New York Times reported on Tuesday that Comey kept detailed notes of his meetings with Trump, including when the president allegedly asked the FBI director to back off Michael Flynn, which could be obstruction of justice for trying to interfere with the Russian investigation.
“What we’ve learned in the last 24 hours means that the course of Trump’s presidency will turn on his coming public showdown with James Comey,” said Stephanopoulos.
“We now know that the FBI director made contemporaneous notes of his meetings with the president.