Leaders of the US Senate Intelligence Committee say they have reached an agreement that will allow them to see memos written by former FBI Director James Comey about his meetings with President Donald Trump.
Comey's relationship with Trump has been central to ongoing investigations of Russian meddling in the 2016 US election and whether there was collusion between Trump associates and Moscow. Lawmakers have raised questions about whether Trump fired Comey on May 9 in order to interfere with the Russia probe.
Russia has denied such assertions. Trump has dismissed them as sour grapes voiced by Democrats disappointed by his victory and called them a "witch hunt."
"We have a commitment to get appropriate access to the Comey memos," Senator Mark Warner, the ranking Democrat, told reporters at the Senate.
"I'm pleased. I think it's critical information that we have to have as part of our review process."
He said he expected to have the memos "soon."
Comey testified to the intelligence committee this month that he decided to keep detailed records because he felt so uncomfortable after meetings with the president that he feared Trump might lie about them.
Trump has faced criticism from fellow Republicans as well as Democrats over his administration's failure to do more to investigate charges that Russia interfered in the 2016 US election and concerns that it might do so again.
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