The link you posted is the wrong story. Seems you made the same (embarrassing) mistake Trump's lawyer made, or you are just parroting his statement. The story you link says nothing about a Comey memo. It had not been made public then. Here is the correct link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/us/politics/james-comey-trump-flynn-russia-investigation.html?mcubz=2. In your story, the reporters give their source: "Mr. Comey described details of his refusal to pledge his loyalty to Mr. Trump to several people close to him on the condition that they not discuss it publicly while he was F.B.I. director. But now that Mr. Comey has been fired, they felt free to discuss it on the condition of anonymity." The memo was made public after Trump's May 12 tweet. What Comey said was accurate, the memo was released on May 16, four days after the Trump tweet.