"This is not a truthful or accurate portrayal of the conversation between the president and Mr. Comey", the White House statement continued.
"I hope you can let this go", Mr Trump reportedly told Mr Comey.
"I think it's reaching the point where it's of Watergate size and scale", said Sen. But they came to despise Comey for his leading man role in a later drama, the probe into Hillary Clinton's email server. The FBI is investigating Flynn's dealings, as well as possible coordination between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin to influence the 2016 presidential election.
Less than a month after appointing him, Trump fired Flynn for misleading Vice President Mike Pence and senior administration officials regarding the nature of his interactions with Russia's ambassador to the US, according to the White House.
But the experts said intent was a critical element of an obstruction of justice charge, and the president's words could be subject to interpretation and possibly put into the context of other actions, like Comey's termination.
"As President I wanted to share with Russian Federation (at an openly scheduled W.H. meeting) which I have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining to terrorism and airline flight safety", he tweeted.
According to a report in the New York Times, Comey wrote a memo shortly after a meeting with Trump in the White House in February, detailing that he was told "I hope you can let this go" in relation to the investigation into Flynn, who was forced to resign from his position earlier this year.
Several Republican and Democratic lawmakers have demanded to see a memo written by ousted FBI Director James Comey following his meeting with President Donald Trump in February.
Adam Schiff, the highest ranked Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said this intervention by Mr Trump, if correct, amounted to "interference or obstruction of the investigation".
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The White House denied that account saying, "The president never asked Mr. Comey or anyone else to end any investigation, including any investigation involving General Flynn".
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he was "shaken" by the reports on the president seeking to shut down the investigation into Flynn, and he warned his congressional colleagues that "history is watching".
Trump on May 9 fired Comey, who was probing alleged Russian meddling in 2016 USA presidential campaign. After firing him, Trump told NBC News that the Federal Bureau of Investigation director was a "showboat" and a "grandstander" whom he had been planning to jettison for months.
Testifying before Congress is familiar to Comey, a former Justice Department official in the George W. Bush administration.
It was already immediately noticeable in the wake of Tuesday's disclosures that Republicans on Capitol Hill were more reticent about coming out in strong support of the President than they had been on previous occasions.
Donald Trump's beleaguered White House was rocked Tuesday by a pair of explosive allegations - that he personally tried to quash an FBI investigation, and that he disclosed highly classified information to top Russian officials. He used that phrase nine times in his briefing to reporters.
"If the reason you wanted it stopped was because it was going to lead to the prosecution of one of your friends, that would be one thing", he said.
The White House has grown suspicious about the volume and timing of the seemingly never-ending stream of leaks about the president, said one senior administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity to reflect on the feeling inside the West Wing.
"If his objective was to see that Flynn got a square deal then I think that's entirely appropriate", Mr Franks said.
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