First on CNN: Mueller reviewing Comey memos, source says

Additionally, he has already visited FBI headquarters, where he met with the counterintelligence agents who have been working on the case since last July, according to two people familiar with the matter. Read the full story from CNN’s Pamela Brown and Shimon Prokupecz.

And a tweet from House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz said Comey is speaking with Mueller before he makes public testimony.

“Spoke with Comey. He wants to speak with Special Counsel prior to pulic testimony. Hearing Wed postponed,” Chaffetz tweeted.

Flynn invokes Fifth Amendment in face of Senate probe

Flynn’s refusal to cooperate came as he faces scrutiny in several inquiries, including on Capitol Hill and a federal grand jury that has issued subpoenas to associates of the ex-national security adviser. His refusal to cooperate will also intensify scrutiny over President Donald Trump‘s decision to hire him initially for the job and his decision to keep him on staff for 18 days after the President was warned by then-acting Attorney General Sally Yates that Flynn may have been compromised by the Russians.

Democratic Sen. Mark Warner told CNN they might hold Flynn in contempt of Congress, saying, “I’ve got to get the legal answer to that first.”

But former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has turned over documents to the committee, a source familiar with the filing told CNN. Former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone has also complied with the committee’s requests and answered its questions, according to Stone’s attorney, Robert Buschel.

On the House side, CNN’s Lauren Fox and Manu Raju report on a letter from Rep. Elijah Cummings. Democrats on the House oversight committee say their outgoing Republican chairman, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, must subpoena White House documents, and the Cummings letter refers to a Report of Investigation that the Democrats say shows Flynn lied to investigators. Here’s the full letter.

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Trump: ‘I never mentioned the word or name Israel’ to Russians

A story, first reported in The Washington Post, cited current and former officials who said Trump told those Russian officials about highly classified intelligence the United States had received from an ally.

Reports later emerged further underscoring the sensitivity of the information and its source: Israel.

Trump said in Jerusalem that he never mentioned Israel. However, no one had accused him of that. Instead, officials in the reports said Russia would be able to determine the source based on the content Trump had disclosed.

For more, read the full story: CNN’s Kevin Liptak wrote from Jerusalem.

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4 things you might have missed today

Trump’s budget to include paid family leave, but may face trouble in Congress: President Donald Trump‘s 2018 budget will push for the creation of a federal paid family leave program that will provide families with six weeks of paid leave after the birth or adoption of a child, a Trump administration official tells CNN. But the paid family leave program will likely face stiff opposition on Capitol Hill, where Republicans have vociferously opposed any such program. More from CNN’s Dan Merica. Cabinet member praises absence of protest in a country where protests are illegal: Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross praised Trump for a trip to Saudi Arabia that was so successful it didn’t draw a single protester. One problem: Protests are illegal in Saudi Arabia. More from CNNMoney’s Jill Disis. Christie says he warned Trump about Flynn: “I think it’s safe to say that Gen. (Michael) Flynn and I didn’t see eye-to eye,” New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie told reporters at a news conference in Trenton, New Jersey. “I didn’t think that he was someone who would bring benefit to the President or to the administration, and I made that very clear to candidate Trump, and I made it very clear to President-elect Trump.” More from Eli.

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