Trump talked about jailing journalists and recalled Putin boast about prostitutes, Comey's notes reveal

US president Donald Trump told former FBI director James Comey that he had serious concerns about the judgment of a top adviser, asked about the possibility of jailing journalists and described a boast from Vladimir Putin about Russian prostitutes, according to Mr Comey's notes.

Trump talked about jailing journalists and recalled Putin boast about prostitutes, Comey's notes reveal

US president Donald Trump told former FBI director James Comey that he had serious concerns about the judgment of a top adviser, asked about the possibility of jailing journalists and described a boast from Vladimir Putin about Russian prostitutes, according to Mr Comey's notes.

The 15 pages of documents contain new details about a series of interactions with Mr Trump that Mr Comey found so unnerving that he chose to document them in writing.

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