That sit-down was one of five meetings or phone calls Comey described in detail, down to the grandfather clock in the Oval Office. He tells how Trump tried to create a "patronage" relationship by trying to get Comey to ask to stay in his job, how the president complained that the Russia investigation had created a "cloud" over him, and how he urged Comey to publicly announce that the president wasn't a target. He also confirms that Trump asked him to back off his scrutiny of Michael Flynn, the national security adviser fired for misleading statements about his meetings with Russian officials.