elections?
Mr. Comey. The meeting you're referring to was Valentine's Day, February 14th of 2017, not the 27th. And I don't know --
Ms. Jackson Lee. I stand corrected. Thank you.
Mr. Comey. I don't know what the President knew at that point.
Ms. Jackson Lee. What did you understand the President to be asking for when he requested that you let Flynn go? To stop investigating Michael Flynn's conduct or stopping investigating Russian interference of the 2016 election?
Mr. Comey. The first. As I've testified, I understood him to be directing me -- asking, but I took it as a direction -- to drop an investigation of Flynn's interaction with the FBI over his conversations with the Russians in the transition.
Ms. Jackson Lee. What was your impression of that request?
Mr. Comey. That it was improper and that I was not going to abide by it.
Ms. Jackson Lee. Were you silent at that time or did you indicate that to the President?
Mr. Comey. My recollection is he said something about Flynn being a good guy and that he hoped I would let it go. And I answered, "I agree he's a good guy," or words to that effect, but I didn't agree to his request. I actually just commented on part of what he had said.
Ms. Jackson Lee. And did you pursue responding back to him
