A federal judge on Friday ruled that the FBI has to release some redacted portions of the memos former Director James Comey wrote after meetings with President Donald Trump.
The ruling came as the result of a Freedom of Information lawsuit filed by CNN
James E. Boasberg of the District Court for the District of Columbia granted CNN's request to release some of the redactions, including one involving a conversation with former national security adviser Michael Flynn about which world leader was first to congratulate him after he was sworn into office.
The judge, however, allowed some redactions to remain, including a conversation about Egyptian's president, and "a reference about the President’s observation about responding to a question he was asked about Russian President Putin."
Comey said he wrote the memos as a record in case Trump ever tried to mischaracterize their private meetings.
The ruling was first reported by The Hill.
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