• The New York Times reported that on Feb. 14, President Trump asked the former F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, to close the investigation into Michael T. Flynn, Mr. Trump’s former national security adviser, according to a memo Mr. Comey wrote at the time.

“I hope you can let this go,” the president said, according to the memo, parts of which were read to The Times by an associate of Mr. Comey’s. Mr. Trump fired the F.B.I. director last week.

For a refresher on the Comey-Trump saga, here’s a timeline of what happened leading up to Mr. Comey’s firing and how the White House’s story has changed since.

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• Writing on Twitter, President Trump declared that he had an “absolute right” to share “facts” with top Russian officials during a White House meeting.